Readers Questions. 

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Q.  Every time I open My Network Places I wait and wait for the Network Connections to show up in Windows XP.  Is there anything I can do to speed things up?

A.  There’s a common problem in Windows XP that can make network browsing very slow.

If the 'My Network Places' folder contains a shortcut to a network share, then each refresh of the explorer window will attempt to read icon information from every file in the remote location, causing the system to slow to a crawl.

Removing all shortcuts from 'My Network Places' will return the system response to normal.

Every time you open a file via a UNC name, Windows XP will automatically add another shortcut to the 'My Network Places' folder - so the issue tends to get worse over time.

You can prevent the automatic addition of shortcuts by setting the following registry key 

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoRecentDocsNetHood to 1.

Backup your registry.  http://www.internetfixes.com/registry/

Let me know if you need anything else.

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