Windows Users file access SLOW

XServe 10.4.11
Connecting to my Home Directory with a XP machine. I can see all my files, but it takes forever to open them.
Launching AppleWorks 6 on the PC is fine, but opening a document off the server takes over 120 seconds to display. During the time it is 'trying' to open, it seems the PC is locked up.
This is happening on all our PCs as well. Our Macs have no problems opening the same files.
The same slow network access is happening when the PCs try to open Word documents stored on the Server as well.
What settings can I tweak (from the defaults) to allow my PC users to access their documents off the server?
We were hoping to eliminate the Netware Servers at our High School, but this test we are doing at our Adm Bldg is NOT going very well at all.

That wasn't it. Documents on PCs still take a LONG time (opening an AppleWorks 6 document for example on a PC took over 1 minute).

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