I have the following configuration my my /etc/samba/smb.conf: [homes] comment = %u home directory path = /home/%U/.documents read only = No create mode = 0600 directory mode = 0700 guest ok = no I have a (hypothetical) user name of "myself", and another user on my system is "another" When I open up Network Neighbourhood in WinXP (SP1) I see the following shares: "homes", "myself" and "another" When I double click on "myself", the browser window hangs for several minutes. When I open "homes" or "another" I can browse my home data directory (/home/myself/.documents) without any hangs. There doesn't seem to be anything odd in the logs. Can anybody explain why WinXP hangs on my own share, but not on "homes" or on another user's home share?