Re: Which is my master browser

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Thanks htdredneck...

Um, win2K server, and only win2k and xp pro machines on network, nothing
below win2k - all fully up to date with updates.

Apart from that we have a linux firewall/router and a linux backup machine -
but these are not really part of the problem.

So, win2k domain?

L.

"htredneck" wrote:

> dunno what kind of a domain you are running.... nt, 2k, 2k3?
> really doesn't matter in this case; just noting a loose end in your
> question.
>
> the following links should provide the information you need to obtain
> these utilities, if you don't already have them:
>
> I may be wrong, but I believe they are all included in the resource
> kit from MS for your particular environment (since I found all of them
> in my resource kit folder on my local machine)
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/tools/new/dcdiag-o.asp
>
> informational only:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/TechRef/b4bf5ea0-f68d-403a-9194-2612f676d6c9.mspx
>
> 2k3 resource kit:
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd
>
>
> another thing to check out (just for house cleaning and management
> purpouses) is, how many versions of Windows can be found on your
> network? Each one (in many cases) managers its Browser Master
> function differently.. any 9x on line?
>
> at any rate, all of the links above were easily located w/ a quick
> Google search.
>
>
> I know I didn't give you your answer as you requested... I do think
> I've given you the tools to answer it yourself though. If you still
> have probs post again and I will see what I can do to answer your
> question more explicitly.
>
>
> -redneck
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 17:53:01 -0700, "Lachlan Musicman"
> <LachlanMusicman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >I've been trying to find out which computer on mny domain is th emaster
> >browser.
> >
> >I've found a lot of sites that recommend the cmd line "dcdiag" and
> >"browstat", but I can not find a copy of either of these programs to install,
> >or copies that work once installed.
> >
> >Any other ideas?
>
>
.

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