NT Domain problem

Well, it sounds like you have a straggling Workgroup!!! Someone on your network could have enable the share files feature on a Win95/98 Workstation. Try to ping the name of the computer under the workgroup and see if you can get an IP address. Thentrack it down from there. One suggestion is to get a clean workstation and input the IP address that you just found and boot up with it. Someone in a very short time will be calling about an IP address conflict.
Hope this helps,

Robert Corradini

I disagree with the above answer. A Windows 95/98 machine configured to share file and print will not show up as a domain in the network neighborhood. However I do agree with his solution to use the same IP address but, if the server causing the problem is configured to use DHCP a reboot of the problem server will resolve the IP conflict and you will still be stuck looking for it. I believe someone in your office has setup a NT server as a PDC maybe for their own use to practice with NT networking. I don't know of any sure fire way to track the server down. Which is why you should try the duplicate IP solution. Good luck.

The workgroup idea has merit, but it would be more likely that an NT workstation was put into a workgroup for some reason. The browse list will keep that 'domain' in its' list sometimes for quite a while, even if it is not being used. We have an allNT network here and we see the 'rogue workgroups' all the time just due to working with NT to join or rejoin our domain. If you run WINS, it is possible that the domain may show there as well. It could be removed there and that 'might' help it to disappear.

RAF

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