{"id":193,"date":"2021-08-30T13:11:36","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T13:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/?page_id=193"},"modified":"2021-10-05T17:00:08","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T17:00:08","slug":"possible-solutions-to-slow-network-browsing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/possible-solutions-to-slow-network-browsing\/","title":{"rendered":"Possible Solutions to Slow Network Browsing"},"content":{"rendered":"

These methods have been suggested on Web sites and newsgroups to solve the problem of My Network Places taking a long time to open.\u00a0 Try them at your own risk, and be sure that you know how to undo them if they cause problems.\u00a0 In XP, make a Restore Point so that you can roll the system back in case of trouble. Before editing the registry, export the keys that you\u2019re changing so that you can import the old values in case of trouble.<\/p>\n

Change the view<\/h3>\n

Open\u00a0My Network Places<\/b>, click\u00a0View<\/b>\u00a0in the menu bar, and experiment with different settings.\u00a0 For example:<\/p>\n

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  1. Don\u2019t use\u00a0Details\u00a0<\/b>view.\u00a0 Select\u00a0Thumbnails<\/b>,\u00a0Tiles<\/b>,\u00a0Icons<\/b>, or\u00a0List<\/b>.<\/li>\n
  2. Click\u00a0Choose Details<\/b>\u00a0and un-check the\u00a0Computer<\/b>\u00a0box.<\/li>\n
  3. Don\u2019t sort by computer name.\u00a0 Click\u00a0<\/i>Arrange Icons by<\/b>\u00a0and select\u00a0Name<\/b>,\u00a0Comments<\/b>, or\u00a0Network Location<\/b>.<\/li>\n
  4. Click\u00a0Arrange Icons by<\/b>\u00a0and un-check\u00a0Show in Groups<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Disable searching for scheduled tasks<\/h3>\n

    This\u00a0Microsoft Knowledge Base article<\/a><\/u>\u00a0describes a bug in Windows 2000 Professional that might also exist in Windows XP.\u00a0 Disable searching for scheduled tasks by deleting this registry key:<\/p>\n

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\<\/p>\n

    CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\RemoteComputer\\NameSpace\\<\/p>\n

    {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Disable the\u00a0WebClient\u00a0<\/i>Service<\/h3>\n

    This might speed up network browsing, but it will prevent access to web-resident network places, such as free disk storage from your ISP.<\/p>\n

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    1. Right click\u00a0My Computer<\/b>\u00a0and select\u00a0Manage<\/b>.<\/li>\n
    2. Double click\u00a0Services and Applications<\/b>.<\/li>\n
    3. Double click\u00a0Services<\/b>.<\/li>\n
    4. Scroll down the list of services and double click\u00a0WebClient<\/b>.<\/li>\n
    5. Click the\u00a0Stop\u00a0<\/b>button.<\/li>\n
    6. Set the\u00a0Startup type<\/b>\u00a0to\u00a0Disabled<\/b>.<\/li>\n
    7. Click\u00a0Apply<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0OK<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Delete stored network passwords<\/h3>\n
        \n
      1. Click\u00a0Control Panel<\/b>\u00a0|\u00a0User Accounts<\/b>.<\/li>\n
      2. Click your user name.<\/li>\n
      3. Click\u00a0Manage my network passwords<\/b>.<\/li>\n
      4. Click each entry and click\u00a0Remove<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Change the NetBIOS Over TCP\/IP registry entries<\/h3>\n

        Open this registry key:<\/p>\n

        HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\<\/p>\n

        NetBT\\Parameters<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

        and modify these values as shown:<\/p>\n

          \n
        • “BcastNameQueryCount”=dword:00000001<\/li>\n
        • “BcastQueryTimeout”=dword:00000020<\/li>\n
        • “NameSrvQueryCount”=dword:00000001<\/li>\n
        • “NameSrvQueryTimeout”=dword:00000020<\/li>\n
        • Disable Network Access Control using IEEE 802.1X<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
            \n
          1. Right click your network connection and click\u00a0Properties<\/b>.<\/li>\n
          2. Click\u00a0Authentication<\/b>.<\/li>\n
          3. Un-check the\u00a0Enable network access control using IEEE 802.1X box<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Many people have suggested these tips, including Kent W. England, DeadCat, Jacklew, NewsReader (John), Chat Bleu, Jess, and Hans-Georg Michna.\u00a0 Thanks, everyone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            These methods have been suggested on Web sites and newsgroups to solve the problem of My Network Places taking a long time to open.\u00a0 Try them at your own risk, and be sure that you know how to undo them if they cause problems.\u00a0 In XP, make a Restore Point so that you can roll the system back in case of trouble. Before editing the registry, export the keys that you\u2019re changing so that you can import the old values in case of trouble. Change the view Open\u00a0My Network Places, click\u00a0View\u00a0in the menu bar, and experiment with different settings.\u00a0 For <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5599,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}