I cant see workgroups

[Guest]

For some reason since I put people on the AD 2003 domain, they cant see any
workgroups.... EVen when they log on locally onto their computers they cant
see workgroups. Does anyone know why this is happening? Thanks.

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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For some reason since I put people on the AD 2003 domain, they cant
see any workgroups.... EVen when they log on locally onto their
computers they cant see workgroups. Does anyone know why this is
happening? Thanks.

If all the machines are joined to the domain and no longer part of any
workgroup called "workgroup", I would assume it would disappear from the
Neighborhood (or My Network Places, whatever you like to call it). This is
due to the Browser Service, which gathers data from NetBIOS broadcasts, one
of which are workgroup names, to assemble the Browse list, which you see in
the neighborhood. If no machine is part of the name "workgroup", the Browser
service removes it from the list.

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[Guest]

Hi Ace, so if I am on the TestA domain and I go to another company and they
has 100 computers in a workgroup Called TestB, I cant See Test B? THeres no
way of me seeing this?

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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Hi Ace, so if I am on the TestA domain and I go to another company
and they has 100 computers in a workgroup Called TestB, I cant See
Test B? THeres no way of me seeing this?

You mean with a laptop? You should be able to see the TestB workgroup or
domain if you put that machine on their network. If they are using WINS,
then configure your laptop or machine to use their WINS server, since the
Browser service works with that too.

Ace

 

[Guest]

Yeah its a laptop. There must be a different reason because before I put
this guys laptop on AD, he was able to log on locally and see the workgroups.
Now he cant see it. THey dont use WINS either. Its like a 20 computer
workgroup.

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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Yeah its a laptop. There must be a different reason because before I
put this guys laptop on AD, he was able to log on locally and see the
workgroups. Now he cant see it. THey dont use WINS either. Its like
a 20 computer workgroup.

Is the firewall on?

Ace

 

[Guest]

Nop no firwall. Keep in mind that nothing has changed other then me moving
the laptop to AD. The guy could see the workgroup when he logged on locally
but ever since he was put on AD he cant see the workgroup. I havnt set any
Group Policys regarding this stuff either.

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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Nop no firwall. Keep in mind that nothing has changed other then me
moving the laptop to AD. The guy could see the workgroup when he
logged on locally but ever since he was put on AD he cant see the
workgroup. I havnt set any Group Policys regarding this stuff either.

Maybe it's the stronger secured communication channel where it uses only
signed SMB packets between machines in a 2003 domain. The PDC Emulator,
which is the default Master Browser for a domain, maybe rejecting the
broadcast traffic so the Browser service is not hearing it. When we want to
allow communication to legacy (pre-SP4 NT4, Win9x, DOS, Linux, Unix, Macs,
etc) operating systems, we need to disable it. It's just a guess at this
point, but I am suspecting this may have something to do with it. Read up on
the workaround and try it out. If it doesn't work, just set it back:

811497 - Error Message When Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 Client Logs On to
Windows Server 2003 Domain:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=811497

Ace