Slow network browsing

  • Thread starter Thread starter Gabriel van Rensburg
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Gabriel van Rensburg

Why is XP taking longer than previous OS' to browse the
LAN. Also when opening a mapped drive, it takes at least 3
seconds to open.
 
This sounds like a known issue with webclient, fixed in XP Service Pack 1.
Assuming you don't use "Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV)",
here's a possible workaround:

Type the following command to determine whether webclient is running:
sc queryex webclient
If the STATE shows RUNNING, then run the following command to disable it:
sc config webclient start= disabled
The initial connect issue should not occur on the next boot. To avoid a
reboot, you could run the following command:
sc stop webclient

Hope this helps,
Arvind
 
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