Seeing Workgroup Computers

[Jannoth]

I'm suddenly unable to see a computer on my workgroup that
I was able to see before.

My workgroup = 1 PC called TOWER + 1 PC called LAPTOP.
Until recently, both computers were displayed when
choosing to "view workgroup computers" on either machine.

Now, neither computer displays the LAPTOP in "view
workgroup computers" causing me trouble as I share
resources.

I'm still able to access TOWER from the LAPTOP - just not
the other way around.

Turning firewalls off makes no difference.

Any ideas please?

 

[Fred Marshall]

SP2 installed?
Installed network protocols changed?
That's where I'd look first....

Fred

 

[adrian]

if you can see and access your laptop from your "tower",
but you can't vise versa, it's your subnet. Check the
settings of your subnet mask on your laptop, guarantee
that it is wrong.

 

[Chuck]

I'm suddenly unable to see a computer on my workgroup that
I was able to see before.

My workgroup = 1 PC called TOWER + 1 PC called LAPTOP.
Until recently, both computers were displayed when
choosing to "view workgroup computers" on either machine.

Now, neither computer displays the LAPTOP in "view
workgroup computers" causing me trouble as I share
resources.

I'm still able to access TOWER from the LAPTOP - just not
the other way around.

Turning firewalls off makes no difference.

Any ideas please?

Jannoth,

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

What firewalls did you "turn off"? Some third party firewalls can't be
successfully turned off.

If no help yet, provide ipconfig information for each computer.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.
Identify operating system (by name and version) with each ipconfig listing.

Provide adhoc browser view for each computer.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "net view >c:\netview.txt" into the command window -
Open c:\netview.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.

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:
<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.

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>

Provide browstat information for each computer.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "browstat status >c:\browstat.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\browstat.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.
Identify each computer by name and operating system.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.