"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

> This troubleshooting may help,
> Slow to Browse My Network Places Slow to browse My Network Places Issue. Use fewer protocols or NICs on a computer. More protocols and NICs, it takes longer time to browse. ...
>       www.chicagotech.net/troubleshooting/slowissue1.htm 
>
>
> Windows slow issues Slow to open Windows explorer Slow to open a file or browse because of mapping to disconnected drive · Slow to browse My Network Places Issue ...
>       www.chicagotech.net/winslow.htm 
>
>
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
>   "Hans Hinnekint" <HansHinnek***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:29537E4E-AD20-4B9A-9C2F-2D01455F6682@microsoft.com...
>   Hello,
>
>   Since persuading our users to use the "My Network Places" instead of Drive
>   Letters (as the alfabet is rather limited) they report that this is slower
>   than accessing their files from shares mapped to drive letters.
>
>   This is especially noticable over slow connections (like VPN or remote
>   offices)
>
>   What is the cause and can this be solved?
>
>   Kind regards,
>
>   Hans Hinnekint
>   IT Operations Manager
>   Bekaert

  "Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

  > This troubleshooting may help,
  > Slow to Browse My Network Places Slow to browse My Network Places Issue. Use fewer protocols or NICs on a computer. More protocols and NICs, it takes longer time to browse. ...
  >       www.chicagotech.net/troubleshooting/slowissue1.htm 
  >
  >
  > Windows slow issues Slow to open Windows explorer Slow to open a file or browse because of mapping to disconnected drive · Slow to browse My Network Places Issue ...
  >       www.chicagotech.net/winslow.htm 
  >
  >
  >
  > Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
  > Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
  > How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
  >   "Hans Hinnekint" <HansHinnek***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:29537E4E-AD20-4B9A-9C2F-2D01455F6682@microsoft.com...
  >   Hello,
  >
  >   Since persuading our users to use the "My Network Places" instead of Drive
  >   Letters (as the alfabet is rather limited) they report that this is slower
  >   than accessing their files from shares mapped to drive letters.
  >
  >   This is especially noticable over slow connections (like VPN or remote
  >   offices)
  >
  >   What is the cause and can this be solved?
  >
  >   Kind regards,
  >
  >   Hans Hinnekint
  >   IT Operations Manager
  >   Bekaert

>Hello,
>
>Since persuading our users to use the "My Network Places" instead of Drive
>Letters (as the alfabet is rather limited) they report that this is slower
>than accessing their files from shares mapped to drive letters.
>
>This is especially noticable over slow connections (like VPN or remote
>offices)
>
>What is the cause and can this be solved?
>
>Kind regards,
>
>Hans Hinnekint
>IT Operations Manager
>Bekaert

"Ian" wrote:

>
> An aside, but IMLI using UNC shares directly is a Bad Idea, and will get you
> into major difficulty come upgrade-time.
>
> Reason is that if a program accesses \\server\share\folder\file directly, 
> then  you CANNOT CHANGE the name of ANY of those components without causing
> major disruption to the network.  Exactly how much disruption you won't know
> either, as there is no way of telling how many programs have written this
> path to obscure registry-entries.
>
> So, effectively you 'lock yourself in' to the existing network setup.  If
> you want to replace an ageing server with a new one.. you can't  unless it's
> an identical and instant swap-out. If a disk is full, you can't move the
> share to another server. And so on. None of these problems affect
> driveletter-shares, since they can be remapped as required.
>
>

"Chuck" wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 07:50:02 -0700, Hans Hinnekint
> <HansHinnek***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Hello,
> >
> >Since persuading our users to use the "My Network Places" instead of Drive
> >Letters (as the alfabet is rather limited) they report that this is slower
> >than accessing their files from shares mapped to drive letters.
> >
> >This is especially noticable over slow connections (like VPN or remote
> >offices)
> >
> >What is the cause and can this be solved?
> >
> >Kind regards,
> >
> >Hans Hinnekint
> >IT Operations Manager
> >Bekaert
>
> Hans,
>
> Do you have a domain with computers running only Windows 2000 / XP / 2003?  If
> so, are you using DNS for name resolution?
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/windows-xp-on-nt-domain.html>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/windows-xp-on-nt-domain.html
>
> If you're using DNS only (no NetBT involved), then you should disable NetBT
> completely, and use directly hosted SMBs.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/07/advanced-windows-networking-using.html>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/07/advanced-windows-networking-using.html
>
> And make sure that you don't have any excessive protocols or transports in any
> computers.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/fix-network-problems-but-clean-up.html>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/fix-network-problems-but-clean-up.html
>
>
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
> My        email         is          AT         DOT
>    actual       address    pchuck       mvps        org.
>

>Hello Chuck,
>
>Indeed we have a Windows 2003 Native domain.
>
>Both DNS and WINS are used, we receive the setting from DHCP.
>
>I will disable it and check the effects.
>
>Kind regards,
>
>Hans
>
>"Chuck" wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 07:50:02 -0700, Hans Hinnekint
>> <HansHinnek***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Hello,
>> >
>> >Since persuading our users to use the "My Network Places" instead of Drive
>> >Letters (as the alfabet is rather limited) they report that this is slower
>> >than accessing their files from shares mapped to drive letters.
>> >
>> >This is especially noticable over slow connections (like VPN or remote
>> >offices)
>> >
>> >What is the cause and can this be solved?
>> >
>> >Kind regards,
>> >
>> >Hans Hinnekint
>> >IT Operations Manager
>> >Bekaert
>>
>> Hans,
>>
>> Do you have a domain with computers running only Windows 2000 / XP / 2003?  If
>> so, are you using DNS for name resolution?
>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/windows-xp-on-nt-domain.html>
>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/windows-xp-on-nt-domain.html
>>
>> If you're using DNS only (no NetBT involved), then you should disable NetBT
>> completely, and use directly hosted SMBs.
>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/07/advanced-windows-networking-using.html>
>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/07/advanced-windows-networking-using.html
>>
>> And make sure that you don't have any excessive protocols or transports in any
>> computers.
>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/fix-network-problems-but-clean-up.html>
>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/fix-network-problems-but-clean-up.html
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
>> Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
>> My        email         is          AT         DOT
>>    actual       address    pchuck       mvps        org.
>>