Re: Computers Missing from Network Neighborhood

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John Coutts <administrator@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> made this post, which I then
commented about below:
> ************* REPLY SEPARATER *************
> No it is from personal experience which I aired on this news group
> previously. I cannot remember who assisted me, but we were not able
> to resolve the issue.
>
> The problem surfaced when a customer of mine was forced to upgrade
> their systems on a small network without a server. When all systems
> were upgraded to XP/SP2, none of the machines could browse the
> network. Plug in one 2000 machine and all of them could browse. It
> appeared to me that SP2 did not support the Master Browser service.
> The problem did not exist with SP1.
>
> J.A. Coutts

I thought it sounded familiar. I remember being part of the discussion, but
it feels like it was so long time ago.

Ace




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