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Another question to ask is:
How many are on this netwok segment?
Are you making use of a hub or a switch?
Are you splitting the switch into VLANs?
How many switches or hubs sit between the users and the servers?
Is there a firewall in between?
This can make a hell of a difference, particularly with the accounting package.
A hub will broadcast to all the pc's on the line. Collisions will slow you down.
a Switch will learn who's where on its interfaces and will then pass data directly from one to another without a broadcast.
If you were to take thew quickbooks server and move it off your server network or switch and move it onto the switch used by those in accounting, it would also increase their speed. Some other tweaks can be made on the machine too.
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