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

Can I assume machines are on the same subnet? If not, then without WINS
or lmhosts you won't have a complete list. Browsing relies on NetBIOS so
if you have NetBIOS disabled on any machine it won't show up in the list.
If
you have windows personal firewall enabled or any other personal firewall
enabled, or router blocking NetBIOS the list will be incomplete.

"mathew dalton" <mathewdalton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:
> 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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