XP Search hangs after so many files

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This one has me stumped. When ever a user is searching a large directory in
XP it will start to search but then it hangs after so many files are scanned.
The point at which it stops repsonding varies, sometimes it hangs after 740
files and sometimes it goes well passed 1000 files on the same directory. (by
hang I mean it still says its searching but does nothing. The only way I can
search again is if I close the entire explorer window.) This occurs on all XP
machines and happens whether your searching a 2000 or 2003 share.
 
Hi,

I think this is an network issue;

with the Windows XP PCs try the following;

Disable Windows XP firewall
install the latest ServicePack
Disable antivirus firewall
try to disable third party application.
 
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