Windows XP is locating shared network resources such as shared printers and files in the background. Windows is simply monitoring these resources to make connecting to them faster, and if you have a large network it is going to take longer. A quick solution to fix this is to turn this feature off. As it is turned off, you will still able to still connect to the shared resources with no problem.

Open Windows Explorer and go to Tools >> Folder Options >> View. Now under Advanced Settings just uncheck the box “Automatically search for network folders and printers”.

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