[bcab] Network browsing problem

Hi folks,

Hopefully someone can offer a few suggestions for this.  It's been bugging me 
for a few weeks now.
I've a laptop that's not able to browse to any of the shares on a local Windows 
Network.

The laptop has XP Pro on it and all the other machines have XP Pro on them.

I can ping and connect to the network shares with their IP addresses.  Net Bios 
is enabled on the laptop and it's a member of the same workgroup as all other 
machines.

If I click  on My Network Places/Entire Network/Microsoft Windows Network and 
the workgroup name using the laptop I can only see it in the workgroup.

No static IP's or pre-assigned DNS in TCP/IP and I've confirmed that it's using 
the default/same subnet mask as the other machines.

No firewalls enabled on the laptop itself.  Have double checked that the 
Windows Firewall isn't turned on.
Any ideas?

Thanks,
Barry.
"Tell me and I will hear, show me and I will see, involve me and I will 
understand. 

Chinese Proverb"

Barry Toner
Placement Systems Engineer
Liberty Information Technology          Direct Line: 02890 167000 
Adelaide Exchange                       Fax: 02890 445511 
24-26 Adelaide Street                   Switchboard: 02890 445500 
Belfast BT2 8GD                         Email: b.toner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  

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