CS3 randomly indexing mpeg2

Hello,
Time being of the essence, we mostly work with native mpeg2 files.
We are using 2 workstations:
- 1 running PPro2 mainly for editing
- 1 running CS3 mainly for rendering
This system has been working like a charm until we changed the PC running CS3 from a Quad Core 3GB XP 32 bit to an Eight Core 12GB Windows 7 64 bit.
Now the files are slowly indexing in CS3. The worst part is that it seems to be random! Sometime a project will migrate without indexing, and sometime it will slowly index the files.
We tried CS4 and CS5, but those are not options, CS4 is too slow, and projects don't transfer well to CS5.
Any idea?
Thanks,
Jerome

Thanks Hunt. Actually the mapped drive solution has worked pretty well so far with our Adobe products.
I found on forums that there could be an issue with Windows 7 disconnecting mapped drives and not reconnecting properly. I changed the autodisconnect setting in the registry and it seems better, not perfect though.
Now there is something I don't get. We are running CS3 on 2 machines:
- XP Pro 32bit Quad Core 3GB
- Windows 7 64bit Eight Core 12GB
The indexing of MPEG2 is fast on the XP machine and very slow on the Windows 7. Conforming is fast on both.
Any suggestion?
Thanks,
Jerome

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