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Tekzilla Daily: Speed up Windows Explorer
Created: 02/17/2009
Video description: Who has time to wait for Windows to search your network when all you want to do is browse My Documents? Veronica Belmont has the answer on today's Tekzilla Daily!

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>> Hey all, welcome to Tekzilla Daily, I'm Veronica Belmont. Want to speed up file browsing in Windows? Well, by default your machine search is for the network printers and folders each and every time you open up a new Explorer window. In an office environment this might be helpful, otherwise it's better to turn it off and save yourself some time. To disable this function just click tools then folder options. Select To view then uncheck the very first box, it automatically search for network folders and printers. That's all there is to it. So, if you're just at home with only one computer on the network get rid of that annoying lag every time you click my computer. Got a tip to pass along to the rest of the TZ crew, email us at tekzilla@revision3.com and as always tekzilla.com it's "the place" to find more tips, tricks, product reviews and how-tos. We're conducting a survey to get some additional information about our viewers and we'd love your feedback. So, if you have a few minutes to spare, please do us a favor and take the survey at revision3.com/tekzilladailysurvey. Plus as a thanks for completing the survey you'll be treated to a sneak peek at a new show we have been working on. Thanks for helping us out guys. If you want to make an impact online, GoDaddy.com has what you need. Dot com name is low as $1.99 plus world-class hosting, fast and easy website builders and much more. Starting at less than $5 a month, web hosting from Go Daddy includes 99.9% up time, 24/7 support and free access to Go Daddy hosting connection. "The place" to quickly install over 53 applications like WordPress, Joomla!, Drupal, osCommerce and more. Plus and our code tzd5 when you check out and save an additional $10 off any order of $40 or more. Some restrictions apply. See the site for details. Get your piece of the Internet at GoDaddy.com. ^M00:01:51

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