http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/03/17/how-to-turn-off-image-preview-thumbnail-and-disable-windows-picture-and-fax-viewer-in-windows-xp/

In order to turn off and disable thumbnail preview feature of images,
photos, graphics, and pictures in Windows XP, and to disable the Windows
Picture and Fax Viewer and remove graphic files format associations with the
default viewer comes with XP, open Command Prompt window (type Cmd in Run
command box) and type the following command, follow by 'Enter'.

*regsvr32 /u shimgvw.dll*

shimgvw.dll known is Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Library shimgvw. After
running above command, all photos and images will be displayed as just
icons, and double click to open a graphic will launch your personal favorite
default image viewer instead.

To re-enable image preview and turn off Windows Picture and Fax Viewer, run
the following command and hit 'Enter' key:

*regsvr32 shimgvw.dll*

2010/1/12 The Eye In The Sky <syiwabhairawa@yahoo.com.sg>

>
>
> Saya punya NAS yang isinya ratusan ribu file media (MPG dan WMV) dan
> dalam directory yang terlalu flat.
> Akibatnya setiap membuka Windows Explorer (di Win XP dan Win Server
> 2003), butuh waktu lama dan network resource yang tinggi karena Windows
> akan membuat thumbnail dari MPG dan WMV file tersebut.
>
> Apakah ada cara untuk :
> 1. memaksa Windows XP dan Server 2003 untuk tidak membuat thumbnail?
> 2. mengetahui algoritma pembuatan thumbnail, apakah diambil dari 100KB
> pertama suatu files, 5 % pertama, atau semacamnya? Soalnya software NAS
> ini cukup pintar untuk membuat metadata dengan ukuran tertentu untuk
> ditransmisikan ke client (BTW, ini menggunakan Hierarchical Storage
> Module, which is SAM-FS).
>
> Terima kasih sebelumnya
>
>

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