Slow network browsing
When I click on "Network" in win7, it is taking an extreme amount of time to populate the computer list. This same thing happens when browsing to map a network drive, the browse dialog comes up but the cursor just sits and spins. I've seen numerous posts about this problem but no real answer. Can any please help?
April 15th, 2010 11:10pm

Hi SteveJ292, Step 1: Check if the issue persists in Safe Mode with Networking. Safe Mode with Networking: Starts Windows in safe mode and includes the network drivers and services needed to access the Internet or other computers on your network.Refer this link to boot into Safe Mode with Networking:Start your computer in safe modehttp://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Start-your-computer-in-safe-modeAlso refer:Advanced startup options (including safe mode)http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Advanced-startup-options-including-safe-mode Step 2:Try running the Network Troubleshooter and see if it fixes the issue:If your computer is having problems connecting to the Internet, or to other computers on a network, try using one of the networking troubleshooters to fix the problem.Refer this link to do the same:Open networking troubleshootershttp://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Open-networking-troubleshootersAdditional information on:Troubleshoot problems with computers not appearing on the network maphttp://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/Troubleshoot-problems-with-computers-not-appearing-on-the-network-mapNote: This article applies to Windows 7 as well.Regards,Divya R – Microsoft Support.
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April 16th, 2010 8:13pm

Tried both solutions with no luck. One thing I have noticed is that when I click "Network", the time that it is taking is because it's looking for every computer that has a connection to our network. For example, I see computers from my domain, all the workgroups we have created, all the workgroups our vendor's have created for their devices, vendor domains that are remotely attached to our network. It is pulling EVERYTHING, not just the domain I'm authenticated to. Is there are way to limit Win 7 to just browse the currently authenticated domain and not the whole world that has a connection to our network?
April 19th, 2010 8:31pm

Hi, Does the symptom occur on other Windows 7 machine in the same network? If you turn on Network Discovery option, Windows 7 will detect most of the machines in the network folder expect that certain machine is turned off or it is not in the same subnet. To improve the performance, please try the following steps. 1. Temporarily turn off firewall and antivirus program on the machine. 2. Upgrade the NIC driver to the latest one. If the issue persists, please also refer to the following article: slow network folder list Thanks, Novak
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April 21st, 2010 6:00am

Screw Microsoft. I discovered the solution in 2005 with XP, and I'm refraining to apply it to win& since it is a registry fix I can't miss with. The problem is in God damn Windows behavior. It is a BUG meant by DESIGN. The filthy DESIGN assumes that whenever you connect to a network share - whatever the remote end is - your client OS will try looking for shared printers and/or assigned scheduled tasks to INHERIT!!! This TRY is extremely costly and can be disabled by this reg-fix: ___________________________ REGEDIT4 [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace\{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace\{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}] ___________________________ So, again: SCREW Microsoft. Any news on Windows7?M.K.
July 21st, 2011 6:02am

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