This article teach you how to increase your PC’s speed when opening “My Computer”. Spend 5 minutes and your PC will get faster loading speed when open “My Computer”!
Sometimes, our PC will “hang” for few seconds when we open “My Computer”. It is because Windows XP will automatically search for network computers and printers. It is really frustrating when you are searching an important document and need it urgent. How-To Geek suggest that we can actually turn off this feature to increase the “My Computer” loading speed. Spend 5 minutes to tweak your Windows XP and you wont get frustrated anymore!
Below are the steps to turn off this feature:
Step 1
Open your “My Computer” and choose “Folder Options”.
Step 2
Go to “View” tab, and then uncheck the “Automatically search for network folders and printers”. Then click “OK”.
Please refer to How-To Geek’s Troubleshooting “My Computer” Opening Slowly on Windows XP for more details.
I always have this problem when try to launch My Computer the first time, after that it goes smoothly, I try to follow what you show above but by default it was unchecked.
Anyway, thank for sharing. Great site you have.
Hi, kenngoh:
This may probably due to your windows registry settings. You may download some tools to fix it. I hope this can fix your problem.
its a useful tips =) juz like closing off your wifi when your r logging in will improve your loggin time sometimes, especially when u r loggin through a network..
kenngoh do u have any shared network drive? normally problem with launching my computer is due to that.
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Great tips, it actually works!