Very Slow Display of Network Folder

log64 · May 11, 2008

If I click on the 'Network' folder, it takes a long time 1-2 minutes to display the other two computers on my network (one Vista Home Premium x32 and one Win XP Pro SP3).
In the meanwhile, if I display the Network Map they are listed. :confused:

I am running a Win XP Pro SP3 system under VMWare on the same PC and ironically if I click on My Network places node all the PCs are listed.

I have disabled Remote Differential Compression.

There must be a reason by Vista is taking so long compared to WinXP.

I would be grateful for any pointers and/or suggestions on how to speed it up

dmex · May 11, 2008

The LMHost function might be the cause or a solution? It can keep a record of all the computers connected on a local or domain network and might be the cause or a solution for the slow listing?

dmex

log64 · May 12, 2008

Re: Very Slow Display of Network Folder [SOLVED]

dmex said:
The LMHost function might be the cause or a solution? It can keep a record of all the computers connected on a local or domain network and might be the cause or a solution for the slow listing?

dmex

Many thanks for the suggestion

I tried it and it made no difference which got me thinking. I mentioned that I am using VMWare. It had defined two network adapters that weren't being used. I disabled them and now the network details come up straight away. So I think the delay was down to VISTA trying to access the non-connected VMWare adapters.

Again many thanks for the feedback which was instrumental in getting me to search for an alternate reason

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