Workgroup and Master Browser Service
What's the impact of having multiple Windows XP system having MaintainServerList = Yes - aside from the network traffic?Is it possible to have multiple MasterBrowser in a single Workgroup (using the MasterBrowser=Yes in Registry)? 2 people need an answerI do too
July 2nd, 2010 7:45am

Guys, I need help... I have a client with 6 computers, 5 of them running Windows 7 64bit and 1 that was still on Vista 32bit.Everything was working fine and all computers could see each other in the Net Neighborhood. Last Friday I remove the Windows Vista computer and upgraded it (clean installation) to Windows 7 and connected it back to the network. When I began to reconnect network drives and shares, all net neighborhood of all computers (the new and the other 5) are just showing empty. I still can connect to the shares using the \\server_name\share way but no matter what I do I can't make the computers show up on the net neighborhood and this is kind of irritating the client.It seems that the Vista computer was the master browser and somehow there are no backup browsers available... I've checked browser service in all computers and all of them are started.How can I make the workgroup computers show again in the net neighborhood? How to force a new master browser and how to check that the backup browsers are fine to avoid the same problem in the future.Thank you all for any help.Speed
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October 19th, 2010 5:46pm

A couple of things...1) Your problem is definitely a Windows 7 problem. This is a Windows XP forum.2) It is better to start your own thread instead of hijacking an existing thread.Try resubmitting your question as a new thread in the Windows 7 forum:http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7network/threadsHTH, JW
October 19th, 2010 8:00pm

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