Re: slow network browsing

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Beats me, Kurt. You're probably on the right track, but I don't know enough
to understand your question completely. The Windows 98 machine simply has
the folder shared with full privileges. The 2000 machine takes as long to
read this folder as it does any of the XP machines. The 2000 machine logs on
with Administrators, Guests, and Users privileges. (I had added all three to
see if that made a difference -- which it didn't).

I think I've screwed things up somewhere along the way when I initially
tried to set up this machine for the network. I had erroneously listed the
Workgroup name as "Workgroup". I later went through the Wizard again and
changed it to the correct Workgroup name. For awhile, however, when I logged
onto the website for our modem/router, the 2000 computer was still listed as
part of "Workgroup", instead of the correct name. I've rebooted the
modem/router, and then restarted the 2000 computer, and now the 2000
computer's "domain" name on the website is listed as "Unkown". The other
computers listed on the website have the correct Workgroup name listed for
"domain" name. [We don't actually have "domains", we're just part of the
same Workgroup].

I think that even though I changed the Workgroup name to the correct one,
this did not completely eliminate the initial incorrect Workgroup name. When
I check My Computer/Properties/ Network Identification, it lists the correct
Workgroup name. The Properties button of Network Identification has
Workgroup checked and not Domain.

Further suggestions would surely be appreciated.
Thanks,
Mark



"Kurt" <lorentzenkurt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Are the files shared to user accounts or are you using the guest account?
My
first guess is that you are trying to authenticate using your logon
credentials, and when that fails, falling back to the "guest" access.

...kurt


"FPS, Romney" <fpswv@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi all,
Problem 1:
I just added a Windows 2000 Pro SP4 machine to our LAN. It can access
the
internet. It has a shared folder which can be accessed from other
computers.
It has a mapped network drive which accesses files on the mapped drive
quickly. However, it takes approximately 30 seconds to see shared files
on
other computers when I use My Network Places or Windows Explorer. All
computers, including this one, are part of the same workgroup. This
particular computer can quickly navigate to our workgroup and display
icons
for each computer on the network, but when I double-click a particular
computer icon, it takes 30 seconds or so for the shared files to appear.
(the nifty little flashlight appears).

Like all the other computers, this Win 2000 machine has "Obtain an IP
address automatically" checked, as well as "Obtain DNS server address
automatically" -- under TCP/IP properties. The advanced TCM/IP setttings
are
also the same.

Problem 2:
While I'm at it, a similar, but even more confusing problem occurs on a
Windows XP Pro machine: it quickly displays shared files on computers A,
B,
C, but takes about 30 seconds to display shared files on Computer D (a
Windows XP Home Edition). Other computers, however, on the network (XP
Pros
and Win 98 quickly display the shared files on Computer D.

Thanks for any help,
Mark






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