Network Location Awareness (NLA) 1

[braddds]

I've tried all the tweaks (from here and other sites/tweakers) to get my XP Pro machine to browse my network faster but to no avail. I was in my services and set my Network Location Awareness (NLA) to manual...for a completely different reason. When I booted the next time I was rewarded with a super-fast network browse! I checked it by setting it to automatic and found my network was as slow as ever (intial browse only, as before). I then reset it and rebooted and viola, back to instant browsing!

My question is simply can anyone explain why this worked? I ask only in the interest of sharing and knowledge.

cheers

 

[John Lewis]

NLA checks to see what network resources are available and where they are located each time you browse the network when it is turned on. When it is off, browsing relies upon cached data. Only downside would be if you have a lot of equipment changing online status or location.

NLA is supposed to be off by default (last time I checked).

 

[braddds]

Thanks mhkwood

I don't remember ever turning this on before but who knows!? In my case the XP computer isn't the one that is "always on"...however it is the only one that exhibited the slow behavior on initial browse. I have two other computers with Win2000 on them and connected to a router with cable modem so equipment and/or status never changes. So for me this works like I want my network to perform.

Thanks again for the info

Cheers