Windows Explorer VERY slow

[DJ]

My laptop PC is a member of my office domain, with some drive mappings
pointing to the office server shares. When I work at home, any activity
involving the file system (using Explorer or OpenFile and SaveAs dialogues)
takes ages. Apparently it has something to do with the network settings,
because if I disable the home network connection, the problem is gone.

However, I need to be connected to the network at home. Is there a solution?

 

[Guest]

Have you tried turning off "Automatically search for network forlders and printers" in Folder Options/view. You can get their by going to tools/folder options when in my computer.

 

[CWatters]

I suspect that when you get home something is looking for files recently
used at work. What happens if you clear My Recent Documents?

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307875&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

If that makes a difference then the next step will be to find a way to do
this more easily.