Reading and Writting to sharedd variable is so slow

I am using shred vairable to make a connection between 2 VI's. when writting to the variable at a VI, it take much time(5 seconds) in order to respon to the value chane in the second VI.
I am using LabVIEW 8.6
my operating system is WINDOWS VISTA, PREMUIM EDITION
my processor is Dual CORE 2.0
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Hello,
i am using binary shared variables. network-published. on the same computer. (PXI 8106 controller)
But I am more intersted in a project that I have attached in this message.
Description of the project: I have made double shared variable and ebnabled alarming (HI). I have also made 2 VI's in one i have changed tha value of the shared varaible and in the other I have made an event structure to respond to the alram (HI).
The problem is : the 2 VI's ran with out errors, but the second VI doesnt responded to the alarm when I have wrote the alarm value to the shared variable in the first VI.
Another Question regarding shared variables :
when I bind a shared variable to an Digital Input channel, does the change of the input provokes a change in the value of the shared variable during the run time of the VI or it just takes tha last value before the VI run and any new change will not considered.
Another Questions regarding event-driven programing:
I would like to make an event to respond to a change in a digital Input channel. How I can do that.
best Regards!
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