Slow opening file dialog boxes on home network

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When I try to open files when I am attached to my home network, the file open
dialog often hangs for a minute or so. I'm guessing that it is trying to find
files on my office shares which are no longer available.

Is there a way of telling Windows (XPpro, sp2) to timeout faster on the
network connection?

I found this KB article - but I'm not sure that it is relevant.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/829700/en-us
 
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BruceBrad said:
When I try to open files when I am attached to my home network, the
file open dialog often hangs for a minute or so. I'm guessing that it
is trying to find files on my office shares which are no longer
available.

Is there a way of telling Windows (XPpro, sp2) to timeout faster on
the network connection?

I found this KB article - but I'm not sure that it is relevant.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/829700/en-us
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This is quite normal behavior. Why are the shares not available, and why not
disconnect the mapped drives if so?

net use x: /del

If you take this computer to different locations, use a batch file to map
drives - if you connect to a domain at work, the admins should have set up a
login script, perhaps as follows:

net use * /del
net use x: \\server\share1 /persistent:no
net use y: \\server\share2 /persistent:no
net use z: \\server\share3 /persistent:no
 
This is quite normal behavior. Why are the shares not available, and why not
disconnect the mapped drives if so?
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Sorry I was a bit cryptic. They are available when the machine (a
notebook) is in the office. They are not available at home (I was
hoping they would automatically disconnect).
net use x: /del

If you take this computer to different locations, use a batch file to map
drives - if you connect to a domain at work, the admins should have set up a
login script, perhaps as follows:

net use * /del
net use x: \\server\share1 /persistent:no
net use y: \\server\share2 /persistent:no
net use z: \\server\share3 /persistent:no
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At the moment we have the shares on the server setup to be persistent
(due to some problems connecting to an old NT4 box in a different
domain). We will be changing that tomorrow. I will see if that solves
the problem (and will also try simply deleting the shares).

Thanks.
 
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Sorry I was a bit cryptic. They are available when the machine (a
notebook) is in the office. They are not available at home (I was
hoping they would automatically disconnect).


At the moment we have the shares on the server setup to be persistent
(due to some problems connecting to an old NT4 box in a different
domain). We will be changing that tomorrow. I will see if that solves
the problem (and will also try simply deleting the shares).

Thanks.
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No prob - post back if you need anything more with this.
 
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