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Workgroup name is same as Domain.

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by lissrc

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When a remote User comes to our site. His laptop blocks everyones view of his "Home" domain. Under Identification his Workgroup is the same as is "Home" domain. He is using DHCP to get network info. Other than changing the workgroup name to be different,is there any other work around?

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by stillatit

What is happening is that the machine tries to check out his domain, notices that there is no browse master on the segment, and so holds an election and becomes the browse master for the domain.

See the knowledge base article at
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q136/7/12.asp
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which discusses how to keep a Win NT or 2000 box from doing this.

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q134/3/04.asp
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discusses how to disable this in Win 95.

Good luck.

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