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view workgroup computers--workaround
"Chuck" wrote in message ... On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 15:16:36 GMT, "Terry B." wrote: SNIP Terry, When you're going to View Workgroup Computers, you're trying to access the browser. No browser = no list, and the computer will hang until it realises that no browser is available. In your previous post (10/14 16:59) you included 3 symmetrical browstat listings that indicated browsing active, with veridisk the MB. Now you are seeing "Browsing is NOT active on domain". What have you changed? Chuck: This is what I changed...Because I wanted "powertool" to be MB, I went into regedit for all three machines, to the location HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Browser\Paramet ers. On "powertool", I set the value IsDomainMaster = "TRUE". On the laptops, I set that value to "FALSE". For the value MaintainServerList, for all three machines, the value data is "Yes". PLEASE post the complete Browstat output from each computer. Don't excerpt. Here's the Browstat output frm all. frm powertool: Status for domain DISGUSTED on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{49EB0BD6-0334-48D9-A6D8-3818B8BD6858} Browsing is NOT active on domain. Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus. frm multitool1: Status for domain DISGUSTED on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{0F5B0BBB-99BB-4A1E-A25D-22718665A05C} Browsing is NOT active on domain. Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus. frm veridisk: Status for domain DISGUSTED on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{35A2B29B-F6FA-437D-88FE-B1CF4522AC30} Browsing is NOT active on domain. Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus. Is the Browser service, AND the TCP/IP Helper service, running on each computer? Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Services. Verify that the Computer Browser, and the TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper, services both show with Status = Started. Not just Startup Type = Automatic. Yes, in Local Services on all three units, Computer Browser & TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper services are ON. If you want powertool to be the master browser, you need to power down all computers simultaneously. If you then start powertool first, and allow enough time, it should elect itself as the MB. IF the browser service is running. Not trying to be a wise guy, but how do I powerdown all three machines 'simultaneously' when I've only got so many fingers to work with? BTW, I tried going to the link you provided, and my browser told me it's no longer active. I'm looking forward to your reply, Chuck....I've got the day off! Terry. |
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view workgroup computers--workaround
On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 16:58:08 GMT, "Terry B." wrote:
"Chuck" wrote in message .. . On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 15:16:36 GMT, "Terry B." wrote: SNIP Terry, When you're going to View Workgroup Computers, you're trying to access the browser. No browser = no list, and the computer will hang until it realises that no browser is available. In your previous post (10/14 16:59) you included 3 symmetrical browstat listings that indicated browsing active, with veridisk the MB. Now you are seeing "Browsing is NOT active on domain". What have you changed? Chuck: This is what I changed...Because I wanted "powertool" to be MB, I went into regedit for all three machines, to the location HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Browser\Parame ters. On "powertool", I set the value IsDomainMaster = "TRUE". On the laptops, I set that value to "FALSE". For the value MaintainServerList, for all three machines, the value data is "Yes". PLEASE post the complete Browstat output from each computer. Don't excerpt. Here's the Browstat output frm all. frm powertool: Status for domain DISGUSTED on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{49EB0BD6-0334-48D9-A6D8-3818B8BD6858} Browsing is NOT active on domain. Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus. frm multitool1: Status for domain DISGUSTED on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{0F5B0BBB-99BB-4A1E-A25D-22718665A05C} Browsing is NOT active on domain. Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus. frm veridisk: Status for domain DISGUSTED on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{35A2B29B-F6FA-437D-88FE-B1CF4522AC30} Browsing is NOT active on domain. Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus. Is the Browser service, AND the TCP/IP Helper service, running on each computer? Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Services. Verify that the Computer Browser, and the TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper, services both show with Status = Started. Not just Startup Type = Automatic. Yes, in Local Services on all three units, Computer Browser & TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper services are ON. If you want powertool to be the master browser, you need to power down all computers simultaneously. If you then start powertool first, and allow enough time, it should elect itself as the MB. IF the browser service is running. Not trying to be a wise guy, but how do I powerdown all three machines 'simultaneously' when I've only got so many fingers to work with? BTW, I tried going to the link you provided, and my browser told me it's no longer active. I'm looking forward to your reply, Chuck....I've got the day off! Terry. Terry, Please restore the registry values [...\Browser\Parameters] on all computers to their previous values. Next, power down each computer, one at a time. Then, power up Powertool. After Powertools is up, run browstat on it. Finally, power up Multitool and Veridisk. Then run browstat on them. Once you have browsing working, then try manually tweaking the registry values. But please don't make registry changes while asking for help, as sometimes the changes you make can conflict with the help. Cheers, Chuck Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing. |
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view workgroup computers--workaround
Chuck wrote:
On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 16:58:08 GMT, "Terry B." wrote: "Chuck" wrote in message ... On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 15:16:36 GMT, "Terry B." wrote: SNIP Terry, When you're going to View Workgroup Computers, you're trying to access the browser. No browser = no list, and the computer will hang until it realises that no browser is available. SNIP I'm looking forward to your reply, Chuck....I've got the day off! Terry, Please restore the registry values [...\Browser\Parameters] on all computers to their previous values. Next, power down each computer, one at a time. Then, power up Powertool. After Powertools is up, run browstat on it. Finally, power up Multitool and Veridisk. Then run browstat on them. Once you have browsing working, then try manually tweaking the registry values. But please don't make registry changes while asking for help, as sometimes the changes you make can conflict with the help. Cheers, Chuck Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing. hello, Chuck! My sincere thanks for the time you've spent trying to help me out with this hangup. But the Law of Diminishing Returns tells me that the hassle & time this is costing is not worth the potential upside. After all, w/ a small effort I can view those shares just fine; let's leave it be. Happy Trails Terry B. |
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