browsing network folder SLOW when lots of files

From: barbie gee (barbie.gee_at_gmail.com)
Date: 09/16/04


Date: 16 Sep 2004 07:54:46 -0700

I'm upgrading users in our department to XP Pro. We login to a
Domain, users have a "home" drive that is mapped.

One of our users has an enormous number of files at the root of her
home drive (>1,800) and it takes a LONG time for the files to be
listed when she clicks on the mapped drive icon. deleting or moving
these files from her home drive is not an option. Of course, with
Win98, the file listings appeared instantly.

I've seen bits and pieces on Google and the Knowledgebase about this,
but never a clear, easy, and definitive "fix" for this problem.

What do I turn on, off, or change, to have her network drive contents
appear instantly?

thank you,
barb



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