Windows Explorer locks-up when I open "My Network Places" for the second time

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Hi all,
yesterday I decided to reinstall my PC from scratch. I installed Windows XP
Pro with SP 1a, latest version of drivers and every critical/windows update.
Everything worked flawlessly except for one thing. After every login I can
open "My Network Places" just for one time.
The first time I open it I can see my Residential Gateway Device (UPnP) and
every shared folder on the other PCs, but when I try to doubleclick on "My
Network Places" icon again, cursor changes to "Working in Background" (arrow
+ hourglass) for a while and nothing happens.
Then , when I log off, Windows says that an instance of explorer.exe is not
responding and I've to terminate it.

BTW: I made the same installation 3 times (from scratch every time... it
took the whole day...) but I always had the same behaviour.

Any idea?

Thanx in advance.
 
I am having the same problem.... AFter each log on I can open network places only once and then when I exit windows, explorer is not responding.

I didn't see a fix for this and was hoping someone could help, as this is the only place where I"ve found any one else with the same problem.
 
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