Speed up your "My Computer" (Windows)

If you click on My Computer to then wait a long time for it to display, your PC may be searching and monitoring for network resources. To stop this behavior while still being able to access your network resources, just change a simple setting in your Folder Options.

Step-By-Step:

Launch your "My Computer" and wait for it to fully load. Click on TOOLS, then FOLDER OPTIONS.



On the "Folder Options" window, click the "View" tab. Notice in the "Advanced Settings", the entry "Automatically search for network folders and printers". Un-check that entry and click OK.



Close out of My Computer and fire it up again. If the slow down was due to network discovery and monitoring, you should now be able to see My Computer much faster!