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Cannot see machines in Network Places

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by qhcomputingny

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Here's the situation... Windows NT 4.0 running on PDC. All workstations are running Windows 2000 Pro. For the past 3 years never had any problems going into My Network Places and viewing all 200+ machines and servers on the network. Today all of a sudden all machines can only see the same 3 computers on the network, but can ping ones that they don't see without a problem. Any ideas on what could have caused this and how to fix it?

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by earnest

Has the wins changed. Are the computers you see on the same segment? If you select entire network can you see other pcs.

by joseph moore

Is the Computer Browser service running on your PDC? Check to be sure it is. Sounds like it stopped.

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by qhcomputingny

Wins hasn't changed. All computers are running on the same segment/domain. The Browser service is running on the PDC and hasn't stopped. We used to be able to see all workstations and servers, now nothing. Any other things I could check? I've never seen this problem before.

by qhcomputingny

If I select Entire Network I can only see 2 servers, no workstations. There are more than 2 servers on the network and I used to be able to see all the workstations. All computers are having this problem.

by qhcomputingny

One other point I wanted to make. If you enter a correct UNC path, the workstations have no problem connecting to the other machines, they just don't appear under My Network Places.

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