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<p>At some point you might want to disable the option to automatically search for network folders and printers.</p>
<p>There are two ways to disable the &#8221;Automatically search for network folders and printers&#8221; in Win XP Proffesional<br />
To change the registry key to disable automatic search for network folders and printers , follow these steps.</p>
<p>Click Start, type regedit in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.</p>
<p>Locate the following registry subkey:<br />
<strong>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced</strong><span style="color: #0000ff;"><br />
</span>Right-click System, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.<br />
Type <span style="color: #003366;">NoNetCrawling</span>, and then press ENTER.<br />
Double-click NoNetCrawling.<br />
In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.<br />
Close Registry Editor.<br />
You can apply this key via Group Policy or Logon Script.<!--more--></p>
<p>or you can create a batch file which will do this for you automatically..</p>
<p>Create a simple batch file (i.e. NoNetCrawl.bat) containing the command:<br />
Regedit /S <a href="file://\\YourDomainName\Netlogon\NoNetCrawl.reg">\\YourDomainName\Netlogon\NoNetCrawl.reg</a><br />
In the Netlogon share for your domain create the file &#8220;NoNetCrawl.reg&#8221; using NotePad.exe:</p>
<p><span style="color: #003366;">REGEDIT4<br />
</span><strong>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]</strong><br />
<strong> &#8220;NoNetCrawling&#8221;=dword:00000001</strong></p>
<p>Then assign NoNetCrawl.bat as a logon script through Group Policy.</p>