After a bit of searching the net, it seems like a lot of people have problems like this (vista). But not a single forum has the solution for this problem. Some suggests a edit in the registry, but no luck with that.

No problem til map shares, no problem til browse the content, but the whole windows hangs if I try to open or copy/paste.

My hair is almost gone, this problem is driving me mad.

If you look at this page there are some setting to try like
Allowing new wireless Allow multicast from Broadband Network:


You say Vista work with cable but cant connect to the shares how are you trying to connect to these shares via a browse.Ip map a drive and what error message do you get.

If we could get it working via cable first and then move onto wireless.

How is the share set up in terms of permisions?
Can you ftp from Vista?

Allow multicast from Broadband Network did not work.

There is no problem to map a drive. I don't get any error messages at all. All shares is open, with all rights, to everyone. There is no problem using ftp. I use it all the time uploading content to a web page.

On 'My Computer', under 'Network folders' (?), i double click the one called 'photo (\\10.0.0.5)'

I have put one photo in that folder from a pc using cable.

If i click on the photo file, the mouse pointer turns into this "loading wheel", and the title bar says "photo (\\10.0.0.5) ( W: ) (Not responding).

If I double click the photo, the folder says 'no files' when it's done hanging.
If I one click the photo, the folder still has the image file when it's done hanging, but ofcourse nothing has happened.

Does the drive use Samba do you know there seems to be a lot of problems with NAS using that if it does you could look here
or here

I'm not familiar with Samba, but when i try what the suggest in the first link you gave (run: secpol.msc), it says that it can't find the file.


From samba.org it stands that "Since 1992, Samba has provided secure, stable and fast file and print services for all clients using the SMB/CIFS protocol".

On the specs for the NSA online it says: "Network Files Sharing Protocol: Microsoft Network (CIFS/SMB), File Transfer Protocol (FTP, max connections 64), HTTP".


I really hope this is it.

Try this see if it solves it

Step One
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Maybe turning off auto-tuning on the Vista client may help. Please run the
following commands:

1. Click Start, type: "CMD" (without quotation) in the Start Search bar
2. Right click Command Prompt in the search list and click Run as
Administrator
3. Type the following command and press Enter:

netsh interface tcp set global rss=disabled
netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled and reboot

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Step Two
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NOTE: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may
require you to reinstall Windows. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems
resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use
Registry Editor at your own risk.

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry
Windows registry information for advanced users

Manually add the following registry key:

Registry path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Win dows\System

Value name: CopyFileBufferedSynchronousIo
Value type: REG_DWORD
Value data: 1

Step Three
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If the problem persists, please test the issue in Safe Mode with Network to
see if the issue still occurs in this mode.

Start your computer in safe mode
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Window ... 4079-a48a-
5c58eec904a11033.mspx

have you got the util from Zyxel for Vista