XP vs other OS's on the LAN

Task: Open Windows Explorer, browse to a Win2k or Win2k3
server location, and click on a folder to view its
contents. Wait time for contents to appear in right pane
of Explorer: XP - 20-25 seconds; other OS's - none. Also
no wait time foor XP if server location is NT4. What
gives? And don't tell me I'm crazy; I've been trolling
the newsgroups for answers to this question, and there are
many of us out there with this problem, but so far no one
has the answer.

On Tue, 6 Apr 2004 12:47:33 -0700, "Frustrated"
wrote:

Task: Open Windows Explorer, browse to a Win2k or Win2k3
server location, and click on a folder to view its
contents. Wait time for contents to appear in right pane
of Explorer: XP - 20-25 seconds; other OS's - none. Also
no wait time foor XP if server location is NT4. What
gives? And don't tell me I'm crazy; I've been trolling
the newsgroups for answers to this question, and there are
many of us out there with this problem, but so far no one
has the answer.

Hey Frustrated,

You're not crazy. But you are wrong - the answers are out there. Of course,
not every suggestion works equally well for everybody. And not every suggestion
(thread) get posted to every forum.

For myself, and based upon various articles "out there", I tried the following
procedures / settings on my computers with some success:
1) Disable LMHOSTS lookup (TCP/IP - Properties - Advanced - WINS).
2) Change Provider Order (Network Connections - Advanced - Advanced Settings -
Provider Order) to:
- Microsoft Windows Network
- Web Client Network
- Microsoft Terminal Services
3) Disable DNS caching (Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Services - DNS
Client - Properties - Stop then Disable).
4) Defrag each partition accessed across network regularly. Keep optimisation
above 95% routinely.
5) Get behind a NAT router. Less trash traffic hitting your internet client,
less work by the firewall.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.