Re: Default Browsers

On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 10:10:29 -0800, "Joseph Carrier" <jercarrier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>"Chuck" <none@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:hn2jm110m028m4m5160ll0mgal1rv8o208@xxxxxxxxxx
>> On Wed, 2 Nov 2005 19:49:21 -0800, "Joseph Carrier"
>> <*email_address_deleted*>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>I'm still trying to solve a File-Sharing problem and have eliminated the
>>>Firewall as a problem. I thought I read somewhere in this newsgroup that
>>>having a different default browser on two machines may prevent a
>>>file-sharing network from working properly. Is that the case?
>>>
>>>If it is, I have a second question: How does one select a browser to be
>>>the
>>>"default?" I've tried but been unable to make the two machines to have
>>>the
>>>same default browser; one is now set at IE6 and the other is set at
>>>Firefox.
>>>I've been tinkering with both machines and can't seem get it right.
>>>
>>>I would like to experiment with setting IE6 as the default browser on both
>>>machines. Would some kind reader of this note please post a step-by-step
>>>procedure for getting this done?
>>>
>>>Many thanks,
>>>Joseph Carrier
>>
>> Joseph,
>>
>> What you're talking about is a master browser. Having 2 master browsers
>> in a
>> workgroup is like having 2 bosses in a company. Some servers report to
>> one
>> master browser, and some to another. Depending upon which client you're
>> on
>> (viewing Network Neighborhood from), you'll see the various servers that
>> report
>> to the master browser that the client uses.
>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/04/nt-browser-or-why-cant-i-always-see.html>
>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/04/nt-browser-or-why-cant-i-always-see.html
>>
>> Please don't confuse the browser subsystem (which populates Network
>> Neighborhood) with the program used for surfing the web. Those are 2
>> different
>> functions.
>>
>> Anyway, if you're having a file sharing problem, provide some detail about
>> the
>> problem.
>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp
>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html>
>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html
>>
>> Or try diagnosing the problem.
>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html

>(Sorry -- I pushed the wrong button and this reply did not go to the Group,
>as I had intended so I am now repeating it here.
>
>Thanks. I had thought that was referring to the Internet browsers, and I
>guess it did not (I use two: Firefox and IE6.)
>
>Here's my setup and the problem:
>
>Three WinXP SP2 (Home Edition) computers connected (directly) into an ADSL
>router. This works. The two laptops are connected wirelessly and the
>desktop is connected with an Ethernet cable.
>
>A File Sharing network is set up on all three computers. This does not
>work. The two laptops see each other but not the desktop. The desktop
>cannot see the two laptops.
>
>I think I've eliminated a Firewall as the problem. The same file-sharing
>problem persists with no firewall functioning at all -- even after
>uninstalling the AVG Firewall on my desktop and reconfiguring the
>file-sharing network on all three machines. (The two laptops use only the
>Windows Firewall.)
>
>I'm completely stumped. Everything worked for months until a couple of
>weeks ago. The only significant thing I changed in the system before the
>Desktop dropped from the view of the two laptops was to install the Google
>Earth program, fiddle with to try to get it to connect to the Google Serve,
>failed with that, and then uninstalled the new Google Earth program. I
>think something done in that whole process might possibly have messed up my
>previously working file-sharing network.
>
>This may be a clue: I tried "repairing" the "LAN or high speed internet"
>connection on my desktop, but that raised the error message that it couldn't
>finish the repair because 'cannot clear the DNS Cache.' I don't know if
>that's significant or what to do about it.
>
>Would appreciate suggestions about what to look for now.

Joseph,

Provide relevant data here, and we'll diagnose the problem.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
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