I have a network that contains Windows NT 4.0 Servers and a mix of 98, NT, 2000, and XP workstations.
We have been noticing lately that new or re-built machines are not showing up on the network list when browsing the network neighborhood. Thesemachines seem to be registering with WINS…I can ping them by computer name, but they are no-shows on the neighborhood and if they share a printer it is not possible to connect to it, even by typing out the path. The only way we have been able to get them to register (and this only works occasionally) is to remove them from the domain (at the workstation – then from server manager) and add them back into the domain from the workstation after two reboots from the workstation.
Any suggestions on why this is happening would be greatly appreciated…leave it to Microsoft to make a person feel totally ignorant! 🙂
Thanks!
