In Windows 2000 and XP both when you're browsing a network windows by default
automatically searches for scheduled tasks while you're browsing a computer.
This can add up to a 30 second delay. Make sure you backup your registry
before doing this since any registry changes have the potential to cause
problems and even break stuff!
- Open up regedit.
- Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current
Version/Explorer/RemoteComputer/NameSpace.
- Find a key named {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}.
- Right click on it and delete it.
Here's an image for those that may need it:
Let me know your experiences with this tweak... It works here on my XP
machine.