The PDC (2003 Server) has all PCs listed in the AD, but in Network
Places (as seen from any station or server) 2 PCs do not appear. One
runs Win 2k and one runs XP Pro. They all work fine, accessing all
resources, but looking at them from elsewhere it is a problem that
prevents any kind of remote management.

There is a third XP Pro PC that appears in Network Places, but if you
browse to it, a message says you don't have access, even if logged in as
administrator. Sometimes you can browse to it just one time, but look
again and you get that message. This PC was made from a ghost image
from an identical PC.

With all 3 of these, I tried changing them to workgroup, then deleting
their listings from AD, then rejoining the domain. The end result is no
change at all from these conditions.


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Have a look here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;188305 (the term
'server' refers to any machine that you are having trouble seeing via My
Network Places. This can be a workstation.)

As for the XP machine with "access denied" -- you said you are logged on as
admin, but as the admin of what? If the machine is not a member of the
domain, then the Domain Admins group will not be a member of its local
Administrators group, and you will not be considered an administrator.
Also, even if it is in the domain, its possible that someone else with admin
rights on that machine removed the Domain Admins group from the local
Administrators group. Although by removing from the domain and rejoining
you should have cleared that up...

"Tom Del Rosso" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> The PDC (2003 Server) has all PCs listed in the AD, but in Network
> Places (as seen from any station or server) 2 PCs do not appear. One
> runs Win 2k and one runs XP Pro. They all work fine, accessing all
> resources, but looking at them from elsewhere it is a problem that
> prevents any kind of remote management.
>
> There is a third XP Pro PC that appears in Network Places, but if you
> browse to it, a message says you don't have access, even if logged in as
> administrator. Sometimes you can browse to it just one time, but look
> again and you get that message. This PC was made from a ghost image
> from an identical PC.
>
> With all 3 of these, I tried changing them to workgroup, then deleting
> their listings from AD, then rejoining the domain. The end result is no
> change at all from these conditions.
>
>
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>
>

Check that they have file and print sharing installed and enabled and that the
server service is started. Also verify that they have netbios over tcp/ip
enabled. If you run ipconfig /all it will show if netbios is disabled. Run "net
config server" to see if they are configured to be hidden. --- Steve


"Tom Del Rosso" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:QHupc.8726$(E-Mail Removed)...
> The PDC (2003 Server) has all PCs listed in the AD, but in Network
> Places (as seen from any station or server) 2 PCs do not appear. One
> runs Win 2k and one runs XP Pro. They all work fine, accessing all
> resources, but looking at them from elsewhere it is a problem that
> prevents any kind of remote management.
>
> There is a third XP Pro PC that appears in Network Places, but if you
> browse to it, a message says you don't have access, even if logged in as
> administrator. Sometimes you can browse to it just one time, but look
> again and you get that message. This PC was made from a ghost image
> from an identical PC.
>
> With all 3 of these, I tried changing them to workgroup, then deleting
> their listings from AD, then rejoining the domain. The end result is no
> change at all from these conditions.
>
>
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> -Reply in group, but if emailing add 2 more zeros-
> -and remove the obvious-
>
>