Win2k Network Browsing

[pikapan 0]

When I was running under Win98SE, browsing my friends' computers over Network Neighborhood was quick and painless. (Their computers were also all running Win98SE) However, ever since I upgraded to Win2k, it takes 20 seconds or so for a directory to load up now when I connect to their computers using Network Neighborhood. Can anyone tell me why and how I can fix this annoying delay problem? Thanks!

[Xiven 0]

To increase speed browsing network shares, delete this registry key:

 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace\{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}]

 

(as found in this thread only a little way down the board: http://www.ntcompatible.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=13640 )

 

To increase speed of "My Network Places" listing either install WINS (if you have a Win2k server machine on your network) or create an lmhosts file in the directory \winnt\system32\drivers\etc

 

There should be an example file (lmhosts.sam) in the same directory to help you.

 

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Xiven

[pikapan 0]

Thanks for the help. Deleting the key did the trick.