No more slow NAS

I've been complaining for a while that my NAS was running slow. I now know why it seemed that way - it had to do with Windows 7 Homegroups. Check out this article from Windows Secrets - http://windowssecrets.com/2010/10/14/01-Simple-change-in-settings-pumps-up-Win7-networks

Now my NAS (a Maxtor CentralAxis) is still not a super performer, but at least it's response time is much better now from my Windows 7 desktop.