Can't see self in Network Places

[Tom]

I'm having an intermittent problem ever since installing a
Windows 2000 peer network. When I look in My Network
Places, no computers are displayed (including my own
workstation), and I can't access shares that I could see
the previous day (even shares on my workstation). I can
ping my workstation, but it doesn't show up in the
workgroup. This often happens when powering up in the
morning, and after I reboot a few times, everything shows
up. Any ideas?

Tom

 

[Tim Rains [MSFT]]

Hi Tom. Thank-you for your post.

It sounds like you are in a workgroup as opposed to a domain environment.
There could be several reasons for this behavior. Some good articles that
may help you troubleshoot NetBIOS browsing in such an environment:

188305 Troubleshooting the Microsoft Computer Browser Service
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305

134304 Troubleshooting Browsing with Client for Microsoft Networks
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=134304

210327 Manually Populating Network Neighborhood with Static Entries for
Browsing
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=210327

I hope this helps you.

Tim Rains
Product Support Services
Microsoft Corporation

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