There is no fix for this other than to map a network drive and do NOT drill
down through My Network Places.
If you map a network drive, the problem goes away every time.
Carey
"Jerry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have a Windows Me and two Windows 98 machines on a home
> network with a Linksys switch/gateway. The internet works
> on all 3 machines. Network Places works on the 98 machines.
> But, on the Windows Me the Network Places explorer window
> freezes as soon as I drill down and click on a file. I can
> browse folders longer perhaps about six mouse clicks
> before freeze up. This is very repeatable. If I go in and
> search for the networked computer by name and then drill
> down as before, it takes much longer for freeze up to
> occur. If I map the remote drive, access across the
> network seems to be unlimited (I can usually do this and
> other things as only the Network Places window is frozen
> not the whole computer). If I reboot, I can start over
> with network places. I have checked various sites and none
> seem to have any reference to this type of problem.
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