I have 2 computers running XP, connected via a switch to the internet. Both running 100Mbit Full Duplex. On the internet there's no problem with speed, but when I try to browse shared folders opn the other machine, it takes forever to get around. Why is that?

Step 1. In Windows XP, click Start, Run, type regedt, and click OK.

Step 2. In the Registry Editor, navigate to the following branch: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Explorer/RemoteComputer/NameSpace.

Step 3. Under that branch, select the key {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}. This key instructs Windows Explorer to search for Scheduled Tasks. If you wish, pull down the Registry menu and click Save Key to back up this value. Name the output file, say, Scheduled.reg, and you can easily restore the key if necessary.

Step 4. Delete the key and close the Registry Editor.

This change takes effect immediately and doesn't require a reboot, so you can determine how much it speeds up the process

Already done that. Read it on another post on this site. Didn't help much. I noticed a slight increase in speed, but not much.

Hi,
You said both of the computers running 100mbs full duplex. Is your swith 10mbs or 100mbs? Is it set to auto or hard set to 100mbs or 10? If your swith is set to half duplex, and your nics are full deplex, you have duplex mismatch, this will cause collisions to slow down your network.
Mike

It's a 100mbs switch, set to auto on all ports. I can see that it is running full duplex, it has yellow lights that indicate it. I've tried using NetBeui, but how do I disable TCP-IP over the local network, and only bind NetBeui when i'm running XP?

Set one of the NIC's to half duplex, after that you are fine to go.

Worked like a charm for me. Just hope there is no "down" side. It was taking 30 seconds just to load a small document into Word from another machine on the net.

gk