Network drives access from XP to W2K 10 minutes delay SOLVED!!!

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I spent 4 full days truing to figure out the following:

When mapping a network drive from an XP Pro box to a Windows 2000 Server
first time around it hangs my windows explorer (for 10 minutes!) and then
eventually comes up. Second instance of explorer maps to the same exact path
instantly, even while the first instance is still hung. Same symptoms are
occurring when just trying to access remote server by typing UNC path or
just using the programs that utilize remote files, like Visual Source Safe,
for example. VSS, which accesses its database on remote W2K server, would
display exactly the same symptoms when launched from an XP machine. If would
not come up for full 10 minutes (even the splash screen), but if the first
instance of VSS is started, and even before 10 minutes elapsed I launched
another instance of VSS the last will open up right away.

Here is the solution.
1. Uninstall ALL your network protocols, services and clients and disable
tcp/ip protocol in network configuration.
2. reboot
3. enable tcp/ip
4. reboot
5. install client for Microsoft networks
6. change your workgroup name
7. reboot
the problem should be fixed by now
8. install file and printer sharing
everything still works.

Don't ask me WHY but I did it on 2 XP machines already and both work fine
now.
Maybe something for MS guys to look at.
 
thank you for sharing this with us.

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my PC with Win XP has been restored, the web with AOL 8.0
does not connect anymore, only the mailbox. Reinstallation
of AOL does not help.

What to do? I have the ffeling that something changed in
the d: partition.
Since you seem to know quite well the system, would you
have an advice for me PLEASE:

Thanks

Sandrine
 
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