Searching Mapped Drives

PiKe

PiKe

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Windows XP Search takes at least a minute to find a file on a mapped network drive when other machines can find it a lot quicker. I believe the indexing service doesn't actually support mapped drives but the other computer was able to find files on the network share in an instant.

Anyone any ideas why?
 
I know this is sort of a thread hijack and just want a quick response (if you wnat me to post a new topic then please tell me and i'll rearrange it.) What is a mapped drive?
 
rctneil said:
I know this is sort of a thread hijack and just want a quick response (if you wnat me to post a new topic then please tell me and i'll rearrange it.) What is a mapped drive?
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It's a network share that's mapped to a drive letter.
 
had the same issue at work ... was the provider order, was some novell and terminal services the top 2 instead of Microsoft Windows Network ... put that to the top and all mapped drives and shares started loading instantly, instead of having to wait 30-60 secs to appear ... give it a whirl
 
That's not really what I meant, when using the file and folders search its taking an eternity to come back with any results, but the only network service is Microsoft Windows Network.
 
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