Slow Network Response - Windows Explorer 1

[jimp56]

We have a mixed network with multiple domains over WAN links. Whenever users at my location map multiple drives to servers in other cities over the WAN, their windows explorer hourglasses for 20-30 seconds before showing the available network drives (also occurs when "saving as" in applications when selecting the drive).

I also have one user who continuously gets windows explorer crashes/restarts which also causes an active desktop reset when browsing a remote drive.

The question is: is there any way to speed up the network browsing in explorer so the drives display and respond faster despite the slower network link?

This doesnt seem to be a problem for XP, only 2K. And, the behavior occurs whether the actual network link is congested or not.

OS is Win2K SP4. Thanks.

 

[bcastner]

1. Open up regedit.
2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Explorer/RemoteComputer/NameSpace.
3. Find a key named {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}.
4. Right click on it and delete it.
5. Restart

 

[jimp56]

tried the reg trick on the user whos active desktop was crashing. will have to wait for feedback from him later, as he could not reboot at the time. thanks, will post back.

 

[jimp56]

bcastner, just wanted to report back that your suggestion seemed to do the trick. funny thing was when i was deleting that key i remembered you speaking about the scheduled tasks issue from another post. maybe this time i will remember...

anyway, thanks again.