this isnt limited to Windows 8 it is the same F^%&*** thing with Windows 7. WHY WHY WHY when I am connected to the same network, on the same workgroup, most 'puters have the same user and password, network drives are mapped .. DOES IT TAKE SO DAMN LONG to access another computer . I want to open a directory on another computer and have to wait 2 or 3 minutes for the damn thing to serach or connect or whatever the hell its doing - WHY WHY WHY .. and 2 minutes after doing it once - you have to go through the whole damn thing again