Re: Extra Workgroup wont go away

From: Joe D'Amico (Joe_at_damicoweb.nospam)
Date: 05/27/04 

Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 07:43:11 -0700

First, I think I may have confused one of my replies. If I did I apologize
as it may be here twice.

Second, how long do you think it will hang around? It has been there for
about 2 weeks so far. Will it cause any problems? It seems to slow down
when I click on view workgroup computers, otherwise it seems innocuous.

Thank you.

"Steve Winograd [MVP]" <winograd@pobox.com> wrote in message
news:48t9b0lmakjlg1k9knmojmubrvma4jiq8v@4ax.com...
> In article <e2Uooo0QEHA.2132@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>, "Joe D'Amico"
> <Joe@damicoweb.nospam> wrote:
> >Home Network Topology
> >2 PCs
> >Both Windows XP Home
> >Using Windows Networking
> >DSL Modem/Router plugged into the down link port of a
> >Lynksys 5 port hub
> >1 additional laptop attached to the hub using VPN to work
> >All wired connections
> >
> >I recently had a problem where the PCs couldn't see across the workgroup.
I
> >ended up renaming the workgroup from
> >XXWORKGROUP
> >to
> >XXHOME
> >
> >This seems to have solved my problem but the old workgroup XXWORKGROUP
still
> >shows up in the network neighborhood on both machines but is
inaccessible.
> >The new XXHOME works fine. I have scanned both machines for the
XXWORKGROUP
> >name as both file name and file contains but can not find any file other
> >than a .log where it is referenced and it is not referenced in the
registry
> >either. Is there anyway to get rid of this extra entry?
> >
> >Thanks for any help.
>
> There's no explicit way to delete an empty workgroup. It will
> automatically go away after a while.
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
> for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
> addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
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