I am unable to access file servers by name

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John

From my Vista machines I am unable to access file servers on our LAN using
the computers name i.e. \\name. However I can access them by IP address i.e.
\\X.Y.Z

I am able to access desktop machines fine via name, just not file servers.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
John
 

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