On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 23:08:02 -0800, "Slice" <Slice@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>Well,
>I am running a small home network with 3 desktops and 2 laptops. Both
>laptops are running Windows XP Home w/ SP2 and I have a desktop running
>Windows XP Pro w/ SP2, another running Windows XP Pro x64 Edition, and
>another running Windows XP Home w/ SP2. All the systems are completely
>updated and configured properly (I am running in a workgroup configuration)
>but some funny crap is happening. The My Network Places on all the machines
>seem to be on the fritz. First, the x64 machine sees every thing but its own
>shared resources (it doesn’t even see itself in the “view workgroup
>computers”). All the rest of the regular xp machines see their own shared
>resources as well as each other but not the x64 machine. How can I force a
>refresh of the My network places on all the machines? I can access all the
>shares on the x64 system by typing the share address manually (aka \\computer
>name\) but the x64 system doesn’t show in My network Places, not even in its
>own my network places. I can go into command prompt and type the command “net
>view” and all the computers come up except the x64 machine (this is true on
>every computer). The x64 machine doesn’t even display itself when “net view”
>is executed but is sees the rest. What could the problem be? I have double
>checked all the configuration and windows firewall settings and every thing
>is ok. What is wrong?
>
>Thanks,
>Slice

Slice,

See if any information in my troubleshooting guide is of any use:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/1...isibility.html

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Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
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