Well, then hope you can get him to budget for Aurora when it comes out. http://www.winsupersite.com/server/aurora.asp
Have a good weekend. On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 4:00 PM, James Kerr <[email protected]> wrote: > He has about 20 workstations. I went ahead and made one machine the > browser and disabled on all the others browser service and its all good now, > through the miracle of technology and the ntsysadmin list, the XP machine > can now browse the network and the other machines can now see the XP box. > Thanks for the help guys, I was getting nowhere on google and getting > frustrated. > > James (Who can now spend time with his wife and kids instead of rebuilding > a box tonight) > > > > On 8/31/2010 5:33 PM, Steven Peck wrote: > > If he has less then 10 systems get a Windows Home Server (or Vail when it > comes out) and centralize data shares there + printers. Added benefits of > it pops up and complains when someones AV is out of date. > > On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 2:13 PM, James Kerr <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ive been telling the guy forever to get a server for less then 2 grand, so >> at the very least he can centralize his data and back it up. Practically all >> his printers have Ethernet ports and could be managed by the server, login >> scripts for shares etc etc, the list goes on and I know I'm preaching the >> choir here just getting frustrated dealing with his mess. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Scott" <[email protected]> >> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 5:02 PM >> >> Subject: Re: Cant Browse workgroup >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Jeff Steward <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> This thread brings back memories from the bad old days. >>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/188305 >>>> "Remember that name resolution among all browsers is critical and that >>>> the >>>> first thing to do is to establish a robust name resolution >>>> infrastructure >>>> with WINS. A lot of time can be wasted trying to track down browser >>>> issues, >>>> which are really caused by name resolution problems." >>>> >>> >>> He mentioned he can ping the other computers by name, which suggests >>> it probabbly isn't a name resolution issue. >>> >>> Also, AFAIK, you can't run a WINS server on Windows unless you have >>> one of the "Server" flavors of Windows, and he doesn't. If he had a >>> Windows Server it would automatically get preferential treatment in >>> browser elections, so he prolly wouldn't be dealing with browser wars >>> in the first place. >>> >>> (Linux/Samba can also act as a WINS server. You also get explict >>> control over all the NetBIOS name resolution and browse and election >>> parameters, which can come in handy.) >>> >>> -- Ben >>> >>> ~ 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/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
