Windows browser service is a black art. try having a look at the following article to see if you can work it out
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/188305 2009/11/23 Carter Hobbs <[email protected]> > I have a small 192.168.0.x network I am upgrading, so I built a Server2003 > DC and created a new AD domain to move into (I have the luxury of being able > to move a few computers at a time) Currently I have: > > Server2003 DC > Server2000 Exchange server [Exchange2K] > (3) XP Pro workstations > > All software is in the most current service pack. > > One of the XP machines is always available when browsing the domain. The > other two machines appear in the network when they are re-booted, but > disappear from the browser list after about 15-30 minutes. I have looked > and looked to see how the one computer differs from the other two, but have > had no luck. Here is a partial list of what I have tried: > > - Made sure "Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP" is checked in TCP/IP properties. > - Added the DC as the WINS server > - Removed the DC as the WINS server > - Changed from DHCP to static I/P's > - Windows firewall is turned off > - Turned on and off virus protection software (though it is ON on the one > working XP machine) > - Used "net config server /autodisconnect:xx" to turn off autodisconnect > (-1), or to set it really long (65,000 minutes). Default is 15 minutes. > - Turned off the DC > - Turned off the Exchange Server > - Rebooted these 2 machines in various permutations > - Used the NetBIOS Browsing Console, which tells me "System Missing from > its Local Subnet Master Browser's List" > - The W/S's are not hidden > - The W/S's do not have server comments over 48 char (in fact, none at all) > - The browser service is running and set to automatic > - Pulling my hair > > Throughout all of this, you can still access resources on the 2 vanishing > computers via drive mapping, UNC pathing, etc. They just disappear from the > browser list. > > Any and all suggestions are welcome, and thanks in advance! > > Carter Hobbs > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." http://raythestray.blogspot.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
