I've done and comfirmed all the steps listed above. Still no luck. Any other ideas?
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computers in my network places not showing
When i try to browse computers in my domain in My Network Places, none are showing up. I am able to UNC to them though from any XP client that i have on the network. I am running a Server 2003 AD/DNS/WINS/DHCP server all in one that is also the master borwser. when i do a browstat status, it says borwing is not active on the domain.
I have restarted the browser service on the server
restarted the browser service on my clients
as well as rebooted.
None have resolved the issue. Any ideas what could be causing the problem?
thanks
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Is firewall on? Also, look at this post to see if it helps you:
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I see you put in a remote site. These will not show up without a WINS connection to the remote site.
Network neighborhood is populated by the browse list. The browse list is populated by my netbios broadcasts. Netbios broadcasts will not propogated over a router, through a NAT box, over a VPN tunnel or route over any site-to-site connection.
So, to get your clients to check in, they have to enable Netbios over TCP/IP on their NIC. Then, the browser service needs to be started. Also, you need to make sure that a firewall is not blocking Netbios/WINS port 137, and Netbios datagram ports 138 and 139.
Then, the Domain master or Site master browser will create that site's browse list. Wins is used to do the site-to-site transfer of the browse list. So, the only WINS connection needed is the Site's master browser.
http://www.microsoft.com/r
I have and article that explains the browser service to a "T". It is an NT4 article. For information on how to set up your browser in a WINS/WAN configuration. The only difference between NT4 and 2003 server is one small registry edit.
For NT4 the reg key is (isdomainmasterbrowser)
For 2003 server the reg key is (isdomainmaster)
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With that said, there is a chance you have a browser conflict. Look in event logs on your PDCe and main DC on the different sites for 8032 and/or 8021. If you see these, you have multiple master browsers on that site. It will tell you what computer is competing with the domain master (PDC emulator) for being the master browser. If you have a browser conflict, you can use the registry edits on that above article to prevent the workstation or mass storage device from becomming a master browser. Or you could simply stop the browser service on the node competing as the master browser.
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by: sirbountyPosted on 2008-08-21 at 11:24:19ID: 22282667
Hmm - is netbios enabled on the clients?
Click Start->Run->ncpa.cpl <Enter>
Right-click your Local Area Network and choose properties.
Scroll to Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), highlight it and click properties.
Click Advanced
From the WINS tab, check Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP and click OK 3 times to close...reboot.
How about now?
Also, make sure File & Print is enabled - and that the server service is started on the client.
Lastly, try this from a command prompt:
net config server /hidden:no
~sirbounty