How to track cause of blocking IO problems

Question

I move between multiple subnets and networks on a regular basis. I'm often faced with Explorer and other programs that stall in what appears to be an IO request. I'm trying to find a consistent way to track which request is stalling. Tools like process explorer don't provide the information that I need.

Additionally, is there a registry setting I can use to reduce the timeout period ?

Answer 1

Are we talking about a Windows OS here (my guess from the Explorer mention). If so, one thing that'll help: Visit Folder Options, the View tab and uncheck "Automatically search for network folders and printers." and see if that helps things out a bit.

As for tools, have you tried Proc Mon as well? http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx