Re: NetBIOS network places not all the pc's are there???

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The computer browser service does not use DNS or AD. It is an NT legacy
app and uses Netbios names.

The browser service is described in KB188001 and there is a troubleshooter
in KB188305 .

mathew dalton wrote:
> Here is what I got. One Domain, 2 dc's, 6-8 member servers, 50-75
> workstations, xp & 2000 sp4. I am using Symantec 10.00, trying to
> push to an update to each client pc. I thought there must be more
> PC's then I am seeing. I use the Symantec tool "find computer"
> "audit network" there it shows PC's that have NOT gotten the update
> from 8.00 to version 10.00. I do a print screen and then go to
> "client remote install" it uses the "my network places" from the
> windows OS. I don't see these PC's with (by NetBIOS name) in the
> list of PC's under my Domain. There are PC's there just NOT the ones
> I am looking for. I go start, run, \\pcname, I see it's shares. I
> look in DNS I see the name and IP, \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx I see the
> shares. I look in AD, the computers are there, they are not in the
> default OU "computer" BUT others are in other "OU"'s that I can see
> in "my network places" so, that can't be it. WHY AREN'T THESE PCS IN
> MY NETWORK PLACES? They all use the same DHCP server getting the
> same info...
> Please help!!! If I can't push the updates remotely, then I have to
> go out and TRY to find each PC and run the updates.
> Thanks!


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