Yes, that worked perfectly for me too. But now I don't have network access.
Ouch!

"Mike Ferrie" wrote:

All this time and it's a network problem. Turning off the DHCP client service
and effectively taking the machine off the network fires up right click
context menus and opens files as they should with no delay.
However, here's the rub. Setting a fixed IP address brings back the same old
problem. It doesn't seem to be driver related. I've tried 2 different network
cards (Intel and 3com) with the same outcome.
What is it in Explorer that's calling the network for something before it
opens a local file?
Any ideas?