On Sun, 29 Nov 2015 16:10:22 -0500, "(PeteCresswell)" wrote:

Per Char Jackson:
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

Got it.

System Properties | Computer Name/Domain Changes....

"Workgroup" had defaulted back to "WORKGROUP" when, in fact, my LAN's
workgroup is named "303".

Changed from "WORKGROUP" to "303", rebooted, and the problem had gone
away...... Which is really good because all that Election stuff flew
right over my head... -)

Cool, thanks for reporting back with your success. I never consider the
workgroup angle because I don't use them here. Instead, I use direct IP
access to see my various shares, making workgroup names irrelevant.