"Chuck" wrote:

> On Tue, 2 Jan 2007 13:54:00 -0800, Alan <xero***@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >I have 5 PC's on a network all using the same workgroup.  Two are WIN NT 4.0
> >systems , two are Win XP Pro systems, and one is a Win 2000 Pro system.  Last
> >week I was able to see all computers from all machines, today when I
> >re-booted all systems I could not see one of the Xp machines.  I can ping the
> >ip address of the system that I cannot see from any of the systems and I can
> >ping the IP address of the other four systems from the system that cannot be
> >seen on the network.  I can print to a printer that is connected to the
> >system in question via an ip address.  What am I missing.
> >Thank You
> >Alan
>
> Alan,
>
> This sounds like a segmented browse domain.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/browsing-across-subnets.html>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/browsing-across-subnets.html
>
> Take a look at "browstat status", from each computer, and diagnose the problem.
> Read this article, and linked articles, and follow instructions precisely
> (download browstat!):
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
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>

>"Chuck" wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 2 Jan 2007 13:54:00 -0800, Alan <xero***@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> >I have 5 PC's on a network all using the same workgroup.  Two are WIN NT 4.0
>> >systems , two are Win XP Pro systems, and one is a Win 2000 Pro system.  Last
>> >week I was able to see all computers from all machines, today when I
>> >re-booted all systems I could not see one of the Xp machines.  I can ping the
>> >ip address of the system that I cannot see from any of the systems and I can
>> >ping the IP address of the other four systems from the system that cannot be
>> >seen on the network.  I can print to a printer that is connected to the
>> >system in question via an ip address.  What am I missing.
>> >Thank You
>> >Alan
>>
>> Alan,
>>
>> This sounds like a segmented browse domain.
>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/browsing-across-subnets.html>
>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/browsing-across-subnets.html
>>
>> Take a look at "browstat status", from each computer, and diagnose the problem.
>> Read this article, and linked articles, and follow instructions precisely
>> (download browstat!):
>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp

>Chuck, Thanks for the response, but it was something really!! stupidly
>simple.  Somehow Norton internet security was installed and enabled. 
>Disabling the Norton internet security fixed the problem.  Thanks again