Finally, a useful change to speed up your file browsing. When you open a folder or run Windows Explorer, Windows will automatically search your network for folders and printers you might want to access. That takes time, and is especially annoying if you don’t need to access one at the time.So let’s tell Windows not to search for them unless you ask it to. Here’s how:

• Open My Computer.
• Click the Tools menu.
• Choose Folder Options.
• Click the View tab.
• Uncheck “Automatically search for network folders and printers.”
• Click OK.

The next time you reboot your computer, browsing your folders should be a little faster.

Tags | Howto, Speed Up, Tips and Tricks, Windows, Windows XP