It takes so long to get to Computers Near Me what was that

[Sparkhard 0]

I remember a reg hack that was around here a few years ago. It made your Workgroup open up faster on the network. Anyone remember that ?

 

Thanks, Sparkhard

[Nemesis 1]

Sparkhead,

 

Is this what your looking for?

 

http://www.ntcompatible.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=19921

 

[Klark 0]

Nemesis, Negative...that is not what he's looking for....sorry.

 

Sparkhead, Do you have a server running on your network ?? If so, you could setup a WINS server on it....which would speed up your network neighborhood to almost being instantaneous. Not to mention, setting up a WINS server is extremely easy.

 

Clutch helped me setup my WINS server a couple months back...Now all of those problems that you are describing are now gone.

 

Good luck...

 

Klark

[Sparkhard 0]

How would i go about setting up one of those servers. I would rather have someone tell me how to do it than have me mess up everything myself tyring to figure it out.

 

 

Thanks, Sparkhard

[Klark 0]

Well first of all, you'll need Windows 2000 Server, or Windows 2000 Advanced Server.

 

So, if you have one of those, then you're in good shape.

 

Let us know...

[clutch 1]

Here is the reg hack that I think you are looking for (just performed a search on this board for "reg network browse" and worked my way to it):

 

http://www.ntcompatible.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=13640

 

As for setting up a WINS box, it's pretty much automatic. You just install the service on the server, and have all the clients point to it in their TCP/IP properties. They can then get all the NetBIOS linked info from the WINS box rather than querying the system directly, which can cause the delay you are seeing. However, here is a link that can explain it further from Technet:

 

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treevie...rt2/tcpch07.asp

[ViperZ2000 0]

Clutch,

 

Those links were great! Just a quick 'Thank You' for taking the time to answer our questions...and answer them correctly:D

[clutch 1]

[neopolaris 0]

Deleting that reg entry worked great for me. Thanks for the info.

[thymios 0]

That works for win98. What about when you have the same problem in win2k?The above registry edit doesn't work.

[Snuf 0]

Really? Works for me every time. I have used it on several W2k machines.

[thymios 0]

It works allright. My mistake the stupid registry didn't have after all the RestoreConnection key.

[birkoff_g 0]

Why aint this reg hack working to me?

i did what it said, i removed that key, rebooted and it still slow like hell.

 

any idea what can be wrong?

i have Windows 2000 Proffesional.

[thymios 0]

Follow clutch's link

http://www.ntcompatible.com/vb/show...?threadid=13640