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ME Cant connect to Win2000 network

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by borg7of9

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I have a ME workstation and I cant browse for my printers to add a printer. I then went to the explorer and under network places I can see folders on the server and other desktops, but when I click on "Entire Network" to open it, it says unable to brwose network, windows can not gain access.

All my drive mappings are there, and I can acess all my server apps. I am at a loss what to do, because of this I cant print.

This machine also gave me an error WSAEFNOSUPPORT, Listen on port (), socket () Failed.

I got this error on another win98 client, but it seems to be working fine

any help would be greatly appreciated

I will be happy to add points for an answer that solves my problem

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by borg7of9

As I can ping all other systems, I tried to add my printers bu using the IP address instead of browsing the computer name and this worked. Still puzzled why this one system will not see names.

ie) \\server2000\invoiceprinter does not work
\\10.1.1.225\invoiceprinter does work

by jillbean

You may be pointing to an incorrect WINS or are missing the WINS server entry. That would produce the effects above. Usually the WINS server provides name resolution for computers on the local lan.

by borg7of9

Well, Then I do not understand why only ME does not work and Win98 works fine, I have never installed wins, I am using DHCP service on the router and DNS service on my Win2000 system

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