Hmmm. Did you say other people are having the same problem? XP will try to browse using DNS before WINS. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Costanzo, Ray" <rcostanzo@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 4:35 PM Subject: [windows2000] Re: Net view not listing all > > Damn. Yes, they are all in the same domain, but this whole 2000 domain > thing with the "domain.com" now has me wondering. Like, all of our NT > machines are in the domain, DOMAINNAME. But the 2000 and XP machines (very > few) are in domain.com. I just did a "net view /domain:DOMAINNAME" and got > the same list as a net view with no switches. (I'm running Windows XP.) I > then did a net view /domain.com and got nothing (there are no entries in > this list). Confusing. > > Thanks, > > Ray at work > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joe Shonk [mailto:JShonk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 4:28 PM > > To: 'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' > > Subject: [windows2000] Re: Net view not listing all > > > > > > Win 9x clients, if Workgroup name is set differently than the > > domain name it > > will not may not display. The net view will use the machine's > > workgroup/domain by default. > > > > To see if you have multiple workgroups/domain.. Browse the network. > > > > Joe > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Costanzo, Ray [mailto:rcostanzo@xxxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 1:19 PM > > To: 'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' > > Subject: [windows2000] Net view not listing all > > > > > > > > Hi list, > > > > I cannot figure out what's going on here. When I (or anyone > > anywhere) do a > > "net view" or browse network neighborhood, I only see about > > 250 of our 800 > > computers. We have about 35 different locations on our WAN, and the > > computers I see are from 6 or 7 of them. I cannot think of > > anything unique > > about these 6 or 7 sites. They're just branches (work at a bank) and > > they're all setup the same with the same kind of routers, > > servers, etc. > > When I look at our WINS database, all 800 computers are > > there. No computers > > here are running the browser service, so they all rely on > > WINS for netbios > > stuff. The majority of our workstations are NT 4 still > > without AD-awareness > > installed. We do have a server running WINS, which is a 2000 > > server, and > > all computers have that set as their WINS server. Has anyone > > come across > > such a thing or have any ideas? > > > > Thanks a lot, > > > > Ray at work > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > > the system manager. > > > > This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by > > MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. > > > www.mimesweeper.com > ********************************************************************** > > > ================================== > To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation > mode or view archives use the below link. > > http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm > > > > ================================== > To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation > mode or view archives use the below link. > > http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm > > > ********************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > the system manager. > > This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by > MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. > > www.mimesweeper.com > ********************************************************************** > > > ================================== > To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation > mode or view archives use the below link. > > http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm > ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm