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Windows XP Pro-Entire Network icon issue

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by steve.bouse

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I have 30 IBM desktops (brand new, preloaded XP Pro) and they cannot use My Network Places/Entire Network. When you double click on My Network Places, then click on Entire Network--it just hangs on each system. All systems are up to date with Symantec's AV/Windows Updates/SP1 (or 2)/Spybot Search and Destroy and all just deployed. Don't have this problem on our laptops (600 imaged using Ghost), but any help appreciated as \\servername\sharedfolder from the Start..Run is fine and all configurations for DHCP, etc. are correct. No errors in Event Viewer and Device Manager is clean. Thanks!

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by rcom

Probably the PCs fighting to be the master browser.
Try disabling simple file sharing and at least they won't try to auto find al shares on the network.

As mentioned use the name and path to shares.

by endtask

Under your WINS tab in your advanced network properties, try the different netbios options: Enable; Disable; DHCP

Check your subnet settings.
Check for updated LAN card drivers.

by martinowallin

I have the exact same problems with our brand new IBM R50p and R51 ThinkPads. They are both running XP and I have upgraded with SP2. The previous answers to the this problem do not solve the problem. Disabling simple file sharing (in Folder Options/View) has no effect, all machines have unique names, I have not seen any effect of changing netbios options, all computers are member of our network domain. Our old IBM ThinkPads running W2K can open the My Network Places/Entire Network just fine. Our domain controller server are running W2K server. The only issue in the previous answers that can be of some value is the "fighting for master browser" privelege. But, this seems to be a very fuzzy area where I have not been able to find any solid answers... Can somebody help?

by prichardn

I have the same problem on new HP laptops. I can however, browse the entire network if i use the folders visable on the explored bar? I only see the microsoft window network. the terminal services and web client network are not visable.

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