Re: Help with long term network problem

On 6 Apr 2006 19:38:16 -0700, "Gallon_Jug" <batsncats@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

One more thing. I read on one of the sites months ago was that you can
force a machine to be the master browser by editing the registry. I
lost my notes on that change and I may have edited the DATA computer
registry to force that. The Chicago guy had me edit some other stuff
but whn none of it worked I did a restore to previous date by a month
to clear all of those changes. In any case browser services are
stopped on the DATA computer now in any case.

You absolutely have to have at least 1 computer running the browser, and you
generally use 2 if you have more than 2 computers total. But for now, just use
1 computer, and make sure that one computer (Neobat?) is online to the others 7
x 24 x 52.

If you're going to force 1 computer, fine. It's better though to have the
browser running on 2, and let them elect one by themselves as master browser.
That way, if the master browser goes down for any reason, the backup will take
up the job.

But first we gotta figure out why Dell8400 shows "Browsing is NOT active on
domain.", yet Neobat shows "Browsing is active on domain. Master browser name
is: NEOBAT".

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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
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