Slow synchronizatin proccess with Access 97

Hi All,

We have the following problem with our database. We use our database in office and the computers are connected in local network. We use Access 97 with Win XP for OS. When we try to synchronization between two PC's it starts but can not finish. We said to all people (4-5) who are working with the data base “stop to work with the database now” :), and synchronization completes just for a few seconds. We don't use database server.
Thanks in advance for any solutions.