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NETWORK NEIGHBORHOOD DOESN'T WORK

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by jcharlet

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I have a 5 computer peer to peer network with an ISDN line running Win98. All computers work fine with seeing each other except for one. It will work fine for a week or so then all of a sudden it will not find anything in network neighborhood or any network shortcuts. My explorer will crash when I try to use Network Neighborhood and the network shortcuts. The ISDN line works fine everytime though and uses the network also. I use tcp/ip and netbeui. When I format and reinstall it will workgreat for another week. No viruses found ever either.

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by baddawg621

I have this problem also, the only thing I have found to work is to re-bind all the network settings, and reboot.

by dcassat

Possibilities:

Network card causing file corruption...
Network patch cable defective.
Drive Controller intermittent failure causing file corruption. I think it's a hardware problem or incompatibility.

by gjconely

Try changing the "Browse Master" setting on the LAN. Change one computer that you will know as being always on to be the browse master, and then disable the option on the rest. If no single computer will be up all of the time, then try to use two. Try to use as few computers as you can to do this.

by jcharlet

Ended up being a virus found in word 2000. Funny thing is every machine uses that file and it only affects that one machine.

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