That shortcut copy trick worked, cool. It's been a few years since I abandoned Vista, so its slowly coming back :-) Thanks.
Not a clue where that location would have been found in the first place. Trying to make this install as much like XP as possible so as to not freak out the office staff (a bunch of engineers who know exactly where everything is and are hard set in their ways). Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 -----Original Message----- From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 4:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vista network browsing - can't see computer description. Do you mean you can't see your XP descriptions when browsing from Vista? If so - try this: Open My Network Places on a XP machine and expand Entire Network and MS Windows Network. Then right drag your Domain to your desktop and select create shortcut. Finally copy that shortcut to your Vista box, double click and see the description in details view. -----Original Message----- From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 4:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Vista network browsing - can't see computer description. This is bizarre. Ok, I'm biting the bullet and we needed to rebuild the conference room PC and the idea came up to throw Vista Business x64 onto it (got Biz so we know we can downgrade if it sucks). Well, we can't see the computer description when browsing our network. That's a huge deal breaker since all our PCs are numbered and we put the employee name in the description. Is there a way to turn this on? Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ -- If this email is spam, report it here: http://www.onlymyemail.com/view/?action=reportSpam&Id=ODEzNjQ6ODc2MjkwNTEzOn BqcEBwc25ldC5jb20%3D THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
