Re: My Network Places
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Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 14:58:54 -0700
In article <105p8pf86cr93c0@corp.supernews.com>, "Eric Kirk"
<ericdkirk@hotmail.com> wrote:
>when i open My Network Places i get a scan of all the computers in my
>workgroup, how do i make that stop w/out changing workgroups, the other
>computers are always comming and going so XP never really tells me if some
>one is gone or still there, i read some where that it takes 48hours beore a
>share listed there will time out.
In My Network Places, click Tools | Folder Options | View and un-check
"Automatically search for network folders and printers".
To delete an unwanted shortcut to a shared disk or folder, right click
it and click Delete.
To get a list of the computers in the workgroup, click "View workgroup
computers".
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