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Don't forget to MAP NETWORK DRIVE
Authored by: kray on Feb 09, '04 12:51:12PM

If you're experiencing a slowdown in moving files around to/from a networked type connection with Windows ... do not forget to map the networked share as a drive letter and use that drive letter (!)

You'll notice a huge improvement. With Win2K-Prof go to "My Network Places" -> "Computers Near Me" -> Your_Local_Computer.

There you should see the shares available ... right click and "MAP NETWORK DRIVE..." -- map it to whatever letter you want and reconnect at logon if necessary. Windows tends to, um, really choke when trying to move things around to/from "//SERVER/SHARE/location/file" as opposed to just a drive letter (G: for example).



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Don't forget to MAP NETWORK DRIVE
Authored by: rhowell on Feb 09, '04 01:17:26PM

yeah but he can't see his mac from the pc.



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Don't forget to MAP NETWORK DRIVE
Authored by: BlakeyRat on Feb 09, '04 04:38:46PM

The mapping instructions are backwards from what I've always used.

If you right-click My Computer and select "Map Network Drive...," Windows will let you type in the IP address of the machine you want to map. That'd work fine in this case. And, to be honest, I had no clue you could map a network drive from the Network Neighborhood before.



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