Windows Vista: Slow file copying over network

If you have trouble with transferring data over to Vista from another computer over a network, this may be the solution for you.

1. Go in your Control Panel and open 'Program and Features'.
2. Click on 'Turn windows features on or off'
3. Uncheck 'Remote Differential Compression'

This feature allows data to be synchronized from a remote source with compression techniques (hence the long comparison time before actually transfering anything)

For more details about this feature, visit:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372948(VS.85).aspx

Hope this solves your problem, I know it solved mine and made my Vista experience more appealing!!