Slow network browsing and opening of share files/drives related to WebClient Service.

[Apples]

Hi,
I have a problem opening shared folders or drives on my 2000 / 2003
Servers from Windows XP Pro.
I found that is I stopped WebClient Service and set it to manual the
network browsing all work correctly.
Does any one know what WebClient Service does or should do.
I have Windows XP Pro SP1 with all critical windows updates installed.
I have the DNS set to the 2000 Server Running DNS.
Problem in peer to peer and also in Active Directory network.
Can I leve WebClient set a manual or is there a fix for this problem.

Apples

[Thomas]

Soory, I have no answer but only the same problem.

I have tried a multitude of things to no avail. The only
reference I have is that if I disable the network
connection and re enable it everything goes fine. If the
computer is left idle for some time I loose the network
connection again.

Some XP machine go fine.

Thomas

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>I have a problem opening shared folders or drives on my

2000 / 2003

>Servers from Windows XP Pro.
>I found that is I stopped WebClient Service and set it to

manual the

>network browsing all work correctly.
>Does any one know what WebClient Service does or should

do.

>I have Windows XP Pro SP1 with all critical windows

updates installed.

>I have the DNS set to the 2000 Server Running DNS.
>Problem in peer to peer and also in Active Directory

network.

>Can I leve WebClient set a manual or is there a fix for

this problem.

>
>Apples
>.
>