On Thu, 26 Nov 2015 16:00:30 -0500, "(PeteCresswell)" wrote:

TW700.

I click "Network Places" and only my 24-7 desktop PC shows up. Lots of
other stuff on the LAN, but only that machine shows up.

OTOH, with I run a utility called "NetScan", all devices are shown and I
can even click on the NAS box I want to get to and see it's
shares/folders and get to it's files.

IPCONFIG /ALL shows an IP addr consistent with my LAN and identical to
what NetScan reports.

Can anybody speculate on what is going on with "Network Places" ?

I saw a similar issue a few years ago that might be related. If your issue
is like mine, "master browser" and "election" could be good search keywords.

https://www.google.com/search?q=master+browser+election

Note that browser, in this context, refers to computer browser, not web
browser. In my case, I troubleshot it by unplugging the network connection
of the PC that was currently set as master browser, thus forcing a new
election. Everything was fine then, so I permanently resolved it by making a
Registry entry that identified the good PC as a preferred master browser.