Cannot browse all workstations

7 Aug 2006 3:43 PM

Logan Burt

We have a number of workstations (most if not all are Windows XP Pro) that
have AD computer accounts, are currently turned on with a user logged into
AD, have file and print sharing enabled, but do not show up in the network
browse list (My Network Places). However, a number of other workstations DO
show up in the network browse list.

I can ping the workstations by NetBIOS name, and I can access them by
running \\computername\sharename from the run command. I have searched
through the services of both workstations that do appear and those that do
not appear, but I can't find any service that is consistently started on one
type and not started on the other type.

Is there anything I can do to correct this behavior and get all workstations
in the AD Domain listed in the network browse list?

Thank you for your help with this.

Logan Burt
loburt@spam-me-not.__yahoo__.com

7 Aug 2006 4:20 PM

Chuck

On Mon, 7 Aug 2006 08:43:02 -0700, Logan Burt
<LoganB***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

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>We have a number of workstations (most if not all are Windows XP Pro) that
>have AD computer accounts, are currently turned on with a user logged into
>AD, have file and print sharing enabled, but do not show up in the network
>browse list (My Network Places). However, a number of other workstations DO
>show up in the network browse list.
>
>I can ping the workstations by NetBIOS name, and I can access them by
>running \\computername\sharename from the run command. I have searched
>through the services of both workstations that do appear and those that do
>not appear, but I can't find any service that is consistently started on one
>type and not started on the other type.
>
>Is there anything I can do to correct this behavior and get all workstations
>in the AD Domain listed in the network browse list?
>
>Thank you for your help with this.
>
>Logan Burt
>loburt@spam-me-not.__yahoo__.com

Logan,

Identify 2 or 3 computers in each set (can be seen in the browse list, and can't
be seen). Can the computers that can't be seen see the others, consistently?
Can each of the computers that can be seen see all of the others, consistently?

Look at "browstat status", from each computer in each set, 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

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