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by ldavis130

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I am unable to connect to the workgroup in network neighborhood on three computers in the office network. I can access the server through shortcuts already created on the computers. Other computers see each other just fine. They have ip addresses and are able to access the internet. I just cant map new network drives because I cant go through network neighborhood. It doesn't see anything.
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by frozennuts

If you are running 2000 or XP, the tip below may help you out.

Open up the Registry and go to :

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/RemoteComputer/NameSpace

Under that branch, select the key :{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF} and delete it.

This is key that instructs Windows to search for Scheduled Tasks, which results in long delays.
If you like you may want to export the exact branch so that you can restore the key if necessary.

by pesk, mbcs, mcse, mcitp, sts

This sounds like you may have a NAT (Network Address Translation) problem. To fix this, you may want to re-install WinSock or upgrade it to version 2, Winsock 2. You can re-install this by installing Client for Novell Networks or download the WinSock2 client from Microsoft.

Another thing you may want to do (or not, as the case may be) is stop TweakUI from displaying Network Neighbourhood on the Desktop. This will defifnitely stop NAT services from running. If you have TweakUI running, uncheck Network Neighbourhood from the desktop tab and restart your PC, everything should return to normal, though you may have to re-map your drives.

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