Why is XP taking forever to share folders?

[MidnightFreak]

I have several folders setup to be shared on a system with XP Pro. When i boot up it takes like 2 minutes for the folders to have the hand under them. And there are other machines that depend on those folders. Having to wait 2 minutes is not acceptable. Anyone know what might be causing this?

[AllGamer]

what's the Spec of your computer with the shares?

and what type of networking are you using?

also what's the speed of your network?

if you are using tcp/ip, is it on static or DHCP?

are you running novell netware?

etc....

[MidnightFreak]

Sorry about that.

Heres the specs:

regular desktop machine, amdXP1800+, 512 megs ram and all the usual parts for a desktop.

type of networking is just a simple workgroup setup

speed is 10Mbit

tcp/ip is enabled but no internet connection is on the network

there is nothing like novell running. all that is running is the workstations which only run a dental software an thats about it.

[AllGamer]

Make sure that every computer is able to do DNS resolution back and forth properly.

that will fix the problem

[MidnightFreak]

I know this screams n00b, but how do i do that?

[AllGamer]

Try this link
http://www.winnetmag.com/Articles/In...leID=5408&pg=1