Today from Steve, a very useful tip I wish I’d discovered years ago:<\/p>\n
Windows 2000 & XP machines delay as long as 30 seconds when you try to view shared files across a network because Windows is using the extra time to search the remote computer for any Scheduled Tasks. <\/p>\n
Here’s how to prevent this remote search for Scheduled Tasks. Open up the Registry and go to:<\/p>\n
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \/ Software \/ Microsoft \/ Windows \/ CurrentVersion \/ Explorer \/ RemoteComputer \/ NameSpace<\/b><\/p>\n
Under that branch, select the key: <\/p>\n
{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}<\/b><\/p>\n
and delete it.
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\nAnd just like that, your network shares will once more become instantly accessible. Hard to imagine why this isn’t the default behaviour…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today from Steve, a very useful tip I wish I’d discovered years ago: Windows 2000 & XP machines delay as long as 30 seconds when you try to view shared files across a network because Windows is using the extra time to search the remote computer for any Scheduled Tasks. Here’s how to prevent this … Continue reading Faster network browsing under Windows<\/span>