Is PythonService Slow, Or, Is It The Code?

[Aahz]

In article <mailman.1053590596.19937.python-list at python.org>,
John Abel  <john.abel at pa.press.net> wrote:
>Aahz wrote:
>>In article <mailman.1053539135.6707.python-list at python.org>,
>>John Abel  <johnfabel at btinternet.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>Using medusa, I've written a simple FTP server to run on my Win2000 
>>>machine.  I have two versions, a Win32 service, and the other is 
>>>launched from the command line.  I've noticed, that the Win32 service is 
>>>drastically slower than the command line version.  As a test, I ftp'ed a 
>>>148MB file from one machine to another (connected via a twisted cable, 
>>>at 10Mbps).  Using the service, the file transfered at 31kb/sec; with 
>>>the cli version, it transfered at 549kb/sec.
>>
>>What happens when your CLI version is *not* the foreground window?
>
>Just checked.  There is no change in the transfer rate.

That's odd.  I've never actually used Win2K, so I may be talking out of
my hat, but check and see if you can figure out what the priority level
of each of those programs is.  (That's the only thing I can figure
causing this.)  Also, is this Win2K Pro or Win2K Server?  M$ may be
doing something nasty to create this -- I remember that from my NT days.
I suspect that asking on some kind of M$ forum might lead to better
information.
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