Re: Browsing with Network Neighborhood

From: Hans-Georg Michna (hans-georgNoEmailPlease_at_michna.com)
Date: 10/11/04 

Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 08:37:38 +0200

On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 17:17:02 -0700, "Jeff"
<Jeff@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>We have 6 Windows 2000 (SP4) servers that are in Mixed mode, 3 of these
>servers are DC's, and 3 are member servers. Sometimes on our client PC's
>(Win XP - SP1) when we browse the network, not all of the servers and clients
>show up. But sometimes if we wait a period of time during the day the
>machines will show up.
>We do have DNS servers in our network.

Jeff,

this is a common problem with the computer browser service,
which seems to be a bit unreliable. It depends, for example, on
the sequence and timing of when the computers are switched on.

If you have a few servers that run continuously, you could set
all other computers, particularly client computers, not to
become computer browsers.

Details are in http://www.michna.com/kb/wxnet.htm.

Hans-Georg 

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