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We recommend creating a restore point before attempting editing the registry, see our seperate tutorial on how to do this.

Speed up network file access and searches

Something that many people don't realise is that when Microsoft Windows is searching for files on a shared drive it can take longer than expected because Windows XP is checking for any Scheduled Tasks on the other P.C.

A simple Registry hack is all that's required to remedy this:

  • Click the 'Start' button and select the 'Run' option.
  • Type in regedit and click 'OK'.
  • Navigate to:
    HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\Namespace
  • Locate the key named {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF} and delete it.

As with all tweaks that involve editing the registry, please do not attempt this unless you're confident and have sufficient backups, incorrectly editing the registry could render your system unusable.



This page last updated December 12th 2009 Bookmark and Share