Win XP / Win XP Pro slowdown

[Mos]

We have some computers with XP Pro as file sharing and clients are Win XP
and Win98.

All files / folders open pretty well with Win95/Win98, but opening slow
down with Win XP.

Any idea about this ??

Mos

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

We have some computers with XP Pro as file sharing and clients are Win XP
and Win98.

All files / folders open pretty well with Win95/Win98, but opening slow
down with Win XP.

Any idea about this ??

Mos

I've written a web page with some possible fixes and work-arounds:

Slow Network Browsing in My Network Places
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/troubleshoot/slowbrowse01.htm
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