Excel 2010 slow to save on Server 2008 R2 server

I, like many other users am having slowness when saving and opening excel and word docs. I have a W7 x64 machine and the server is a 2008 R2 x64 machine. I've tried to apply the hotfix:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/981711 but
when I try to install it, it says "The update is not applicable to your computer".
Any ideas on what to do? I made sure it was downloading the x64 version of the patch as well.
Thanks in advance.
Jimmy

Hi George,
When I do a search for the two files below, I come up empty handed on my Server 2008 R2 SP1 box.
===========
File name
File version
File size
Date
Time
Platform
Rdbss.sys
6.1.7600.20713
   719,872
      13-May-2010
20:01
x-64
Mrxsmb20.sys
6.1.7600.20713
   305,152
      13-May-2010
20:01
x-64
===========
I attempted to disable the SMB 2.0 on my workstation only and it seems to save files like normal now. I didn't get the saving or downloading message in the splash page. I don't think disabling SMB 2.0 is a solution is it? What do I do now?

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