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My Network Places Cache
Name: Adam Date: August 14, 2002 at 13:37:37 Pacific
Comment:
Hi,
My "My Network Places" is messed up. It has stuff in it that used to be on the network back in the day but is no longer on the network and it's missing things that are currently on the network and it's just totally not right. It's like it never refreshes. Sometimes it has both old stuff and some new stuff but usually not. It's just really quirky and weird. I was wondering how I can make it actually right. Thanks.
Name: michael Date: August 14, 2002 at 21:26:28 Pacific
Reply:
I just right click on the old entries and delete them. The new ones will appear as you use them. And your right. As far as I can tell, they never automatically refresh. They are just a quicker way to access something that you've accessed before.
Summary: When I use the computer that I have set up as the server for my home network, when I go to my network places and try to view the computers in my workgroup the process stops responding and I have to hi...