My network place - not seeing all the computers belonging to same

[Guest]

I have 3 computers and one of them is being used as a file server and a print
server. I access the internet through a router.
I reinstalled XP on one of my computers and I now cannot see other computers
in the same works\group from the My Network Place window in the computer that
I just reinstalled the xp. I cannot see my own computer in the window. I
have no problem accessing the internet. I can see this computer from the My
Network Place windows in my other computers. What should I do?

 

[Guest]

run the "setup a home or small office network" wizard again under "my network
places".

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your reply. I did the setup again. but I still cannot see any
computers in My Netwrok Place window. Is there anything that I need to
check? (I check all the TCP/IP setting and they are the same as my other
computers. any other suggestion?

 

[Guest]

I now cannot see this computer in my "my network place" windows of the other
computers. any suggestion? thanks.

 

[Chuck]

I have 3 computers and one of them is being used as a file server and a print
server. I access the internet through a router.
I reinstalled XP on one of my computers and I now cannot see other computers
in the same works\group from the My Network Place window in the computer that
I just reinstalled the xp. I cannot see my own computer in the window. I
have no problem accessing the internet. I can see this computer from the My
Network Place windows in my other computers. What should I do?

Jim,

Do any of the computers have a software firewall (ICF / WF, or third party)? If
so, you need to configure them for file sharing. Firewall configurations are a
very common cause of (network) browser, and file sharing, problems.

Are the three computers all running Windows XP (Home or Pro? SP2, or pre-SP2?)?
This may make a difference.

Are you running both Client for Microsoft Networks, and File and Printer Sharing
for Microsoft Networks (Local Area Connection - Properties), on each computer?
Do you have shares setup on each?

Are you running NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (Local Area Connection - Properties - TCP/IP
- Properties - Advanced - WINS) on each computer?

Make sure the browser service is running on the two computers that stay online
the most. Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Services. Verify that the
Computer Browser, and the TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper, services both show with Status
= Started. Disable the browser on the other computer.

After checking / disabling / enabling as above, power all computers off to reset
the browser settings on each simultaneously.

The Microsoft Browstat program will show us what browsers (I'm not talking about
Internet Explorer here) you have in your domain / workgroup, at any time.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305

You can download Browstat from either:
<http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/browstat.zip>
<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, by "browstat status". Make sure all computers give the same result.

For more information about the browser subsystem (very intricate), see:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188001
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/deploy/prodspecs/ntbrowse.mspx>

If nothing above helps, look at registry key
[HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa], value restrictanonymous.
<http://www.microsoft.com/windows200...2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/regentry/46688.asp>
<http://www.jsifaq.com/subf/tip2600/rh2625.htm>
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=246261
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=296403

The above articles refer to Windows 2000. Remember WinXP is NT V5.1, and Win2K
is NT V5.0.

Have you used the Registry Editor before? If not, it's a scary tool, but it's
pretty simple once you get used to it. Here are a couple articles that might
help:
<http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/...home/using/productdoc/en/tools_regeditors.asp>
<http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/registry>

Just remember to backup the key (create a registry patch) for
[HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa] before making any changes, if
appropriate.

From the Annoyances article:
You can create a Registry patch by opening the Registry Editor, selecting a
branch, and choosing Export from the File menu. Then, specify a filename, and
press OK. You can then view the Registry patch file by opening it in Notepad
(right-click on it and select Edit). Again, just double-click on a Registry
patch file (or use Import in the Registry Editor's File menu) to apply it to the
registry.

 

[Carey Holzman]

www.careyholzman.com/net1.htm

Carey

 

[Guest]

I went round and round with this or a similar problem. I finally discovered a
solution that worked for me by reading a forum on the internet.
The Admin or Host computer (yours or the one connected directly to the
internet via your broadband or whatever) MUST have the network set up 1st.
Then go around to the others. It seems that this would happen naturally, but
apparently after a lightning strike, when I went around to redo the network
via wizard I must have started with one of my kids computers. I deleted the
workgroup name and made a new one using MY computer; making the disk and
taking it to all the other computers and presto---now everyone sees every
one.

I still cannot get one of our printers to show up, in spite of renaming the
printer.

 

[Guest]

Hi Mdmom,
Do you have all the computers connected to a router? I do not have an admin
or host comouter. in fact each of the computers can access the internet
directly through the router. Do you have identical operatio\ng system in
all your computers?

 

[Guest]

Hi Chuck,
I ran Browstat with STA option on the machine I am having problem with and
here is the result.
Status for domain Home-1 on transport
\Device\NetBt_Tcpip_<E81A00E6-C784-4745-928E-BE6178BD10A5>
Browsing is NOT active on domain
Master name cannot be determine from Get Adopter Status"

what do I do now? thanks.

I have 3 computers and one of them is being used as a file server and a print
server. I access the internet through a router.
I reinstalled XP on one of my computers and I now cannot see other computers
in the same works\group from the My Network Place window in the computer that
I just reinstalled the xp. I cannot see my own computer in the window. I
have no problem accessing the internet. I can see this computer from the My
Network Place windows in my other computers. What should I do?

Jim,

Do any of the computers have a software firewall (ICF / WF, or third party)? If
so, you need to configure them for file sharing. Firewall configurations are a
very common cause of (network) browser, and file sharing, problems.

Are the three computers all running Windows XP (Home or Pro? SP2, or pre-SP2?)?
This may make a difference.

Are you running both Client for Microsoft Networks, and File and Printer Sharing
for Microsoft Networks (Local Area Connection - Properties), on each computer?
Do you have shares setup on each?

Are you running NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (Local Area Connection - Properties - TCP/IP
- Properties - Advanced - WINS) on each computer?

Make sure the browser service is running on the two computers that stay online
the most. Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Services. Verify that the
Computer Browser, and the TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper, services both show with Status
= Started. Disable the browser on the other computer.

After checking / disabling / enabling as above, power all computers off to reset
the browser settings on each simultaneously.

The Microsoft Browstat program will show us what browsers (I'm not talking about
Internet Explorer here) you have in your domain / workgroup, at any time.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305

You can download Browstat from either:
<http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/browstat.zip>
<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, by "browstat status". Make sure all computers give the same result.

For more information about the browser subsystem (very intricate), see:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188001
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/deploy/prodspecs/ntbrowse.mspx>

If nothing above helps, look at registry key
[HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa], value restrictanonymous.
<http://www.microsoft.com/windows200...2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/regentry/46688.asp>
<http://www.jsifaq.com/subf/tip2600/rh2625.htm>
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=246261
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=296403

The above articles refer to Windows 2000. Remember WinXP is NT V5.1, and Win2K
is NT V5.0.

Have you used the Registry Editor before? If not, it's a scary tool, but it's
pretty simple once you get used to it. Here are a couple articles that might
help:
<http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/...home/using/productdoc/en/tools_regeditors.asp>
<http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/registry>

Just remember to backup the key (create a registry patch) for
[HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa] before making any changes, if
appropriate.

From the Annoyances article:
You can create a Registry patch by opening the Registry Editor, selecting a
branch, and choosing Export from the File menu. Then, specify a filename, and
press OK. You can then view the Registry patch file by opening it in Notepad
(right-click on it and select Edit). Again, just double-click on a Registry
patch file (or use Import in the Registry Editor's File menu) to apply it to the
registry.

 

[Chuck]

Hi Chuck,
I ran Browstat with STA option on the machine I am having problem with and
here is the result.
Status for domain Home-1 on transport
\Device\NetBt_Tcpip_<E81A00E6-C784-4745-928E-BE6178BD10A5>
Browsing is NOT active on domain
Master name cannot be determine from Get Adopter Status"

what do I do now? thanks.

Jim,

Try "browstat status" for all computers, see if the result is the same. Either
you have no active browser, or you have a firewall problem.

Then look at restrictanonymous, as I previously suggested.

Finally, do any of the computers have a software firewall (ICF / WF, or third
party)? If so, you need to configure them for file sharing. Firewall
configurations are a very common cause of (network) browser, and file sharing,
problems.