Unwanted remote server connections

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Mike McCullough - 29 Sep 2003 04:57 GMT

I have a remote server (in the internet) with the same
user name and password that my local Windows Home Edition
Xp has. My XP It makes hundreds of unwanted TCP
connection attemps to the remote server using ports 137
138 or 139 daily, wheather I have connected to the remote
server or not. The remote server is logging these
attempts as network p[rinter communication, using up
processor and disk resources, when I don't even have a
printer defined pointing to the remote server. How can
I stop these unwanted TCP connections on my XP.

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"Rakesh Chanana [MSFT]" - 29 Sep 2003 21:35 GMT

This could be because of the Network crawling.
To disable the net crawl functionality:

1. Double-click My Computer.

2. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options, and then click the View tab.

3. Under Advanced settings, click to clear the "Automatically search
for network folders and printers" check box.

4. Click Apply, and then click OK.

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Rakesh Chanana [MSFT]

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>> From: "Mike McCullough" <mikem@classicsoftware.biz>
>> Sender: "Mike McCullough" <mikem@classicsoftware.biz>
>> Subject: Unwanted remote server connections
>> Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 20:57:27 -0700

>> I have a remote server (in the internet) with the same
>> user name and password that my local Windows Home Edition
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>> printer defined pointing to the remote server. How can
>> I stop these unwanted TCP connections on my XP.

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