The scanner/crawler is started in the following situations:
- At startup
- When opening My Network Places
- When refreshing My Network Places by pressing F5
- If more than 10 computers are detected sharing folders (To be gentle on corporate networks)
- If using DUN or VPN connection
- If the scanner is disabled.
To disable the automatic scanning:[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \Explorer \Netcrawl \Shares]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \Explorer \Netcrawl \Printers]
- Open Control Panel
- Double click Folder Options (Inside the grouping Appearance and Themes)
- Select the View tab
- In the Advanced Settings list uncheck Automatically search for network folders and printers
More Info MS KB276322 (WinMe)[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \Explorer \Advanced]
NoNetCrawling = 1
More Info MS KB320138
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