Speed Up Windows XP Explorer


	Speed Up Windows XP Explorer

JoeCotellese

5-17-2008 5:17 PM

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slow, explorer, windowsxp, tweak

JoeCotellese says:

When I reinstall Windows XP I want to remember this tip to speed up the Explorer

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5-17-2008 7:16 PM

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				<P>If you have to wait every time you open a new Explorer window then this tip is for you.</p> <P><A title="ToolsFolderOptions by JoeCotellese, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joecotellese/2474306056/"><IMG width="230" height="169" alt="ToolsFolderOptions" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2048/2474306056_67cce2dec2_o.jpg" class="left frame" /></A></p> <P>Open up Explorer and select the Folder Options menu underneath the Tools menu.</p> <P>This will open a set of property pages which lets you change various folder options. Select the View tab and then <STRONG>uncheck</STRONG> the option <EM>Automatically search for network folders and printers</EM>.</p> <P><A title="FolderOptions-AutosearchNetworkFolders by JoeCotellese, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joecotellese/2473488547/"><IMG width="309" height="246" alt="FolderOptions-AutosearchNetworkFolders" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3267/2473488547_df1383fc1d_o.jpg" class="right frame" /></A></p> <P>Click Ok to close the dialog box.</p> <P><EM>This tip will work if your machine is connected to a network and you have network shared folders.</EM> If you have any network folders under Network Places then Windows will look for them to display in the explorer. If you have a slow connection it will take a while for Windows to recognize that the folder isn’t available. In the meantime, the Explorer window doesn’t display.</p> <P>If you have any other Explorer tips, please tell us about them.</p> </DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4AE9B0E6-56F4-4D09-9587-DF009C3177A4/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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