Ok, this isn't the first time I have seen this problem. When I try to login to a shared folder from any of my 5 computers running Windows XP it takes about 15 seconds to bring up the files. If I stay idle for about 15 minutes it takes another 15 seconds to view or open files on a network share. This seems like it would be a common problem but I haven't found any information on it.

Thanks!

Found this on this forum and it worked on my XP Home:
"This is actually a fix to a bug installed as default in Windows 2000/XP that
scans shared files for Scheduled Tasks. And it turns out that you can
experience a delay as long as 30 seconds when you try to view shared
files across a network because Windows 2000 is using the extra time
to search the remote computer for any Scheduled Tasks. Note that though
the fix is originally intended for only those affected, Windows 2000 users
will experience that the actual browsing speed of both the Internet & Windows
Explorers improve significantly after applying it since it doesn't search
for Scheduled Tasks anymore. Here's how :

Open up the Registry and go to :

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/RemoteComputer/NameSpace

Under that branch, select the key :

{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}

and delete it.

This is key that instructs Windows to search for Scheduled Tasks. If you like you may want
to export the exact branch so that you can restore the key if necessary.

This fix is so effective that it doesn't require a reboot and you can almost immediately
determine yourself how much it speeds up your browsing processes." HTH

TC

That doesn't change it at all. It still takes a while to load.

I know that this is a client problem because when I access the file share from windows 2000 it works just fine. So it has something to do with Windows XP.