I have a problem. I installed a workgroup and have added users to it since.
For some reason, when I rebotted my computer, it defaulted back to the
orignal workgroup that only shows two users. There should be around eight
showing. I suspect that when I try to set up my network connection again,
that I can not use the same network name. I'd like to start all over with my
computer by deleting the workgroup on my computer and rejoining.
Can someone please give advice on how to do this?
Thanks!
Starch,
A workgroup is "installed" simply by setting up one or more computers with
"membership" in that workgroup. You "see" a workgroup by having one or more
computers with "membership" in the workgroup with the browser service running,
and with a master browser elected for the workgroup.
You can change the workgroup name on your computer, but the workgroup, if there
are other members, will still exist. It will still exist until there are no
computers in the workgroup with the browser service running.
There is latency in the "creation" and "deletion" of workgroup memberships
simply because the master browser for a workgroup may not immediately notice the
appearance or disappearance of any computer in the workgroup.
For more information about the browser subsystem (very intricate), see:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188001
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305
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http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/deploy/prodspecs/ntbrowse.mspx>
The Microsoft Browstat program will show us what browsers you have in your
domain / workgroup, at any time.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305
You can download Browstat from either:
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http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/browstat.zip>
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http://rescomp.stanford.edu/staff/manual/rcc/tools/browstat.zip>
Browstat is very small (40K), and needs no install. Just unzip the downloaded
file, copy browstat.exe to any folder in the Path, and run it from a command
window.
Cheers,
Chuck
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