Here's a great little tweak from IANAG (I Am Not A Geek) for those of us who have LAN's at home. In Windows 2000 and XP both when you're browsing a network windows by default automatically searches for scheduled tasks while you're browsing a computer. This can add up to a 30 second delay. Make sure you backup your registry before doing this since any registry changes have the potential to cause problems and even break stuff!