This thread is getting very long and I've made so many mistakes in the past
two weeks that my desktop system seemed of the verge of crashing. So, I
decided to restore my system to a date in mid October when everything --
were working well together -- even the file and printer sharing network and
the Grisom AVG Firewall.

After finishing the restore, I discovered that the changes I made yesterday,
following the procedures in PChuck's "Clean Up The Protocol Stack First,"
had survived the restore process, but then, so did my problem.

I'm going to try to find a technician locally who will do a hands-on job of
examining and perhaps even solving my problem. The only further thing I now
dare try by myself is try reconfiguring the file-sharing configuration
using the Configuration Wizard and experiment with giving different answers
to the Wizard questions about my connections to the internet. I now don't
even remember how I had answered them originally when I got the file-sharing
to work beautifully.

Thanks for your help. I've learned a lot, though obviously not enough to
solve the problem or avoid destabilizing my computer system.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Chuck" <none@example.net> wrote in message
news:06jpm1pe6nqro9vsrpkcuf7vf1dkfdabnv@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 22:53:19 -0800, "Joseph Carrier"
> <jercarrier@earthlink.net>
> wrote:
>
>>"Chuck" <none@example.net> wrote in message
>>news:bjnnm191l0db8ono44pqs4149qp34kupj5@4ax.com. ..
>>> On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 13:13:17 -0800, "Joseph Carrier"
>>> <jercarrier@earthlink.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>"Chuck" <none@example.net> wrote in message
>>>>news:h6mkm1lgo6ekpn1sg6lh2qa5vr4bktcab1@4ax.co m...
>>>>> On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 10:10:29 -0800, "Joseph Carrier"
>>>>> <jercarrier@earthlink.net>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>"Chuck" <none@example.net> wrote in message
>>>>>>news:hn2jm110m028m4m5160ll0mgal1rv8o208@4ax. com...
>>>>>>> On Wed, 2 Nov 2005 19:49:21 -0800, "Joseph Carrier"
>>>>>>> <*email_address_deleted*>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I'm still trying to solve a File-Sharing problem and have eliminated
>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>Firewall as a problem. I thought I read somewhere in this newsgroup
>>>>>>>>that
>>>>>>>>having a different default browser on two machines may prevent a
>>>>>>>>file-sharing network from working properly. Is that the case?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>If it is, I have a second question: How does one select a browser to
>>>>>>>>be
>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>"default?" I've tried but been unable to make the two machines to
>>>>>>>>have
>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>same default browser; one is now set at IE6 and the other is set at
>>>>>>>>Firefox.
>>>>>>>>I've been tinkering with both machines and can't seem get it right.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I would like to experiment with setting IE6 as the default browser
>>>>>>>>on
>>>>>>>>both
>>>>>>>>machines. Would some kind reader of this note please post a
>>>>>>>>step-by-step
>>>>>>>>procedure for getting this done?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Many thanks,
>>>>>>>>Joseph Carrier
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Joseph,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What you're talking about is a master browser. Having 2 master
>>>>>>> browsers
>>>>>>> in a
>>>>>>> workgroup is like having 2 bosses in a company. Some servers report
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> one
>>>>>>> master browser, and some to another. Depending upon which client
>>>>>>> you're
>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>> (viewing Network Neighborhood from), you'll see the various servers
>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>> report
>>>>>>> to the master browser that the client uses.
>>>>>>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/04/nt-browser-or-why-cant-i-always-see.html>
>>>>>>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...lways-see.html
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please don't confuse the browser subsystem (which populates Network
>>>>>>> Neighborhood) with the program used for surfing the web. Those are
>>>>>>> 2
>>>>>>> different
>>>>>>> functions.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anyway, if you're having a file sharing problem, provide some detail
>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> problem.
>>>>>>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
>>>>>>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...#AskingForHelp
>>>>>>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html>
>>>>>>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...-tutorial.html
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Or try diagnosing the problem.
>>>>>>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
>>>>>>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/1...isibility.html
>>>>>
>>>>>>(Sorry -- I pushed the wrong button and this reply did not go to the
>>>>>>Group,
>>>>>>as I had intended so I am now repeating it here.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks. I had thought that was referring to the Internet browsers,
>>>>>>and
>>>>>>I
>>>>>>guess it did not (I use two: Firefox and IE6.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Here's my setup and the problem:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Three WinXP SP2 (Home Edition) computers connected (directly) into an
>>>>>>ADSL
>>>>>>router. This works. The two laptops are connected wirelessly and the
>>>>>>desktop is connected with an Ethernet cable.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>A File Sharing network is set up on all three computers. This does
>>>>>>not
>>>>>>work. The two laptops see each other but not the desktop. The
>>>>>>desktop
>>>>>>cannot see the two laptops.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I think I've eliminated a Firewall as the problem. The same
>>>>>>file-sharing
>>>>>>problem persists with no firewall functioning at all -- even after
>>>>>>uninstalling the AVG Firewall on my desktop and reconfiguring the
>>>>>>file-sharing network on all three machines. (The two laptops use only
>>>>>>the
>>>>>>Windows Firewall.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I'm completely stumped. Everything worked for months until a couple
>>>>>>of
>>>>>>weeks ago. The only significant thing I changed in the system before
>>>>>>the
>>>>>>Desktop dropped from the view of the two laptops was to install the
>>>>>>Google
>>>>>>Earth program, fiddle with to try to get it to connect to the Google
>>>>>>Serve,
>>>>>>failed with that, and then uninstalled the new Google Earth program.
>>>>>>I
>>>>>>think something done in that whole process might possibly have messed
>>>>>>up
>>>>>>my
>>>>>>previously working file-sharing network.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>This may be a clue: I tried "repairing" the "LAN or high speed
>>>>>>internet"
>>>>>>connection on my desktop, but that raised the error message that it
>>>>>>couldn't
>>>>>>finish the repair because 'cannot clear the DNS Cache.' I don't know
>>>>>>if
>>>>>>that's significant or what to do about it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Would appreciate suggestions about what to look for now.
>>>>>
>>>>> Joseph,
>>>>>
>>>>> Provide relevant data here, and we'll diagnose the problem.
>>>>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
>>>>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/1...isibility.html
>>>
>>>>Thanks for the suggestions.
>>>>
>>>>Unfortunately the URL references in your response tend lose me as I try
>>>>to
>>>>progress from one to the other. By now, I have several file-folders of
>>>>printouts from your Blog. I've studied all of them carefully without
>>>>getting any closer to understanding my problem -- indeed, I may have
>>>>become
>>>>even more confused.
>>>>
>>>>For example, with respect to your Usenet posting and Blogs on
>>>>"Browsers,"
>>>>I
>>>>still don't understand whether or not my using two internet browsers
>>>>(IE6
>>>>and Firefox,) has any relevance to my file-sharing networking problem.
>>>>
>>>>Let me refer explicitly to one of the many sections of your blog that
>>>>I've
>>>>studied: Chuck's Network Irregularities in Workgroup Visibility:"
>>>>While
>>>>trying to follow your instructions there, I've progressed as follows:
>>>>
>>>>1. I've pretty well eliminated a personal firewall as part of the
>>>>problem
>>>>by
>>>>working with the software company that provides my firewall (Grisom>)
>>>>and
>>>>the problem persists whether or not I have any Firewall.
>>>>
>>>>2. I don't know how to go about checking for an "anonymous access
>>>>block."
>>>>Any hints?
>>>>
>>>>3. I've studied the "ipconfig/all" outputs of the three Work Group
>>>>computers and the one for my desktop looks very strange indeed --
>>>>especially
>>>>in contrast the output of the two laptops. But, I really don't know
>>>>how
>>>>to
>>>>interpret what I see. What do you suggest I do then: post on this
>>>>Usenet
>>>>forum the whole ipconfig/all reports for the desktop and ask "What's
>>>>wrong
>>>>(if anything) with this?"
>>>>
>>>>I haven't yet gotten to the download "browstat" part because I'm almost
>>>>certain that I'll run into the same road blocks as I have with the
>>>>"ipconfig/all" report: I won't know how to interpret the report or how
>>>>to
>>>>frame questions about it.
>>>>
>>>>I'm convinced that you're very knowledgeable, but I'm afraid you're way
>>>>over
>>>>the head of even the long-time, typical, computer user.
>>>>
>>>>What is your suggestion for me, given the above? Be polite, now!
>>>
>>> Joseph,
>>>
>>> From reading your other thread "How to Clean DSN Cache?", it appears
>>> that
>>> your
>>> immediate problem is the presence of IPV6 aka Teredo Tunneling on your
>>> computers. Please start by removing that. Instructions are in this
>>> article:
>>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/fix-network-problems-but-clean-up.html>
>>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...-clean-up.html
>
>>After reading about it in PChuck's Network, I downloaded and installed a
>>Support Tools Folder from the Microsoft web site so that I might use
>>Browstat.
>>
>>I have a feeling that Support Tools are not meant to be used with the
>>Home
>>Edition of Win XP SP2. In fact , its description at the MS web site seems
>>to suggest it's intended only for the Pro Edition.
>>
>>Browstat wasn't among the list of tools in the folder I downloaded -- I
>>guess that's because at some point during the installation I neglected to
>>click on the right selection to get the complete set of tools.
>>
>>When I went to the "All Programs" listing to check out the Support Tools
>>folder, I clicked on it and then clicked on third item in the folder:
>>"command window" That resulted in a full black screen that I was able to
>>get out of only by resorting to the <CTRL><ALT><DEL> salute.
>>
>>I then went directly to Control Panel and uninstalled it. I'm beginning
>>to
>>see signs of system corruption that may be the result of installing many
>>complicated and unfamiliar diagnostic programs recommended by
>>technicians --
>>especially the ones at Grisom's AVG Firewall. One minor but weird example
>>is that "My Network Places" has now stopped appearing in the first display
>>after clicking on "START." (from overuse, maybe??)
>>
>>Do you have a URL for a web page that will let me download "Browstat.exe"
>>by
>>itself? I tried the web site of neighbor Stanford, (it was listed in
>>results of a Google search on "Browstat.") but that site doesn't provide
>>a
>>download.
>
> Joseph,
>
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/browstat-utility-from-microsoft.html>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...microsoft.html
> For more information, read the Microsoft article Troubleshooting the
> Microsoft
> Computer Browser Service. There you will find a link to the Microsoft
> Support
> Tools package, which includes Browstat.
>
> If you want just Browstat, it's available on the web from various
> independent
> sources, Dynawell, or from Stanford, for instance.
> # http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/micro...0/browstat.zip
> # http://rescomp.stanford.edu/staff/ma...s/browstat.zip
>
> I just checked both Dynawell and Stanford, and both download fine. They
> do
> download fairly quickly, so you may need to check wherever you download,
> because
> even with my slooow DSL, it's a small file, and downloads without any
> progress
> bar.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
> My email is AT DOT
> actual address pchuck mvps org.

On Sun, 6 Nov 2005 07:10:54 -0800, "Joseph Carrier" <jercarrier@earthlink.net>
wrote:

>"Chuck" <none@example.net> wrote in message
>news:06jpm1pe6nqro9vsrpkcuf7vf1dkfdabnv@4ax.com.. .
>> On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 22:53:19 -0800, "Joseph Carrier"
>> <jercarrier@earthlink.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>"Chuck" <none@example.net> wrote in message
>>>news:bjnnm191l0db8ono44pqs4149qp34kupj5@4ax.com ...
>>>> On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 13:13:17 -0800, "Joseph Carrier"
>>>> <jercarrier@earthlink.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>"Chuck" <none@example.net> wrote in message
>>>>>news:h6mkm1lgo6ekpn1sg6lh2qa5vr4bktcab1@4ax.c om...
>>>>>> On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 10:10:29 -0800, "Joseph Carrier"
>>>>>> <jercarrier@earthlink.net>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>"Chuck" <none@example.net> wrote in message
>>>>>>>news:hn2jm110m028m4m5160ll0mgal1rv8o208@4ax .com...
>>>>>>>> On Wed, 2 Nov 2005 19:49:21 -0800, "Joseph Carrier"
>>>>>>>> <*email_address_deleted*>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I'm still trying to solve a File-Sharing problem and have eliminated
>>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>>Firewall as a problem. I thought I read somewhere in this newsgroup
>>>>>>>>>that
>>>>>>>>>having a different default browser on two machines may prevent a
>>>>>>>>>file-sharing network from working properly. Is that the case?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>If it is, I have a second question: How does one select a browser to
>>>>>>>>>be
>>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>>"default?" I've tried but been unable to make the two machines to
>>>>>>>>>have
>>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>>same default browser; one is now set at IE6 and the other is set at
>>>>>>>>>Firefox.
>>>>>>>>>I've been tinkering with both machines and can't seem get it right.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I would like to experiment with setting IE6 as the default browser
>>>>>>>>>on
>>>>>>>>>both
>>>>>>>>>machines. Would some kind reader of this note please post a
>>>>>>>>>step-by-step
>>>>>>>>>procedure for getting this done?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Many thanks,
>>>>>>>>>Joseph Carrier
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Joseph,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What you're talking about is a master browser. Having 2 master
>>>>>>>> browsers
>>>>>>>> in a
>>>>>>>> workgroup is like having 2 bosses in a company. Some servers report
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> one
>>>>>>>> master browser, and some to another. Depending upon which client
>>>>>>>> you're
>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>> (viewing Network Neighborhood from), you'll see the various servers
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> report
>>>>>>>> to the master browser that the client uses.
>>>>>>>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/04/nt-browser-or-why-cant-i-always-see.html>
>>>>>>>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...lways-see.html
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Please don't confuse the browser subsystem (which populates Network
>>>>>>>> Neighborhood) with the program used for surfing the web. Those are
>>>>>>>> 2
>>>>>>>> different
>>>>>>>> functions.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Anyway, if you're having a file sharing problem, provide some detail
>>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> problem.
>>>>>>>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
>>>>>>>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...#AskingForHelp
>>>>>>>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html>
>>>>>>>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...-tutorial.html
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Or try diagnosing the problem.
>>>>>>>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
>>>>>>>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/1...isibility.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>(Sorry -- I pushed the wrong button and this reply did not go to the
>>>>>>>Group,
>>>>>>>as I had intended so I am now repeating it here.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Thanks. I had thought that was referring to the Internet browsers,
>>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>I
>>>>>>>guess it did not (I use two: Firefox and IE6.)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Here's my setup and the problem:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Three WinXP SP2 (Home Edition) computers connected (directly) into an
>>>>>>>ADSL
>>>>>>>router. This works. The two laptops are connected wirelessly and the
>>>>>>>desktop is connected with an Ethernet cable.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>A File Sharing network is set up on all three computers. This does
>>>>>>>not
>>>>>>>work. The two laptops see each other but not the desktop. The
>>>>>>>desktop
>>>>>>>cannot see the two laptops.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I think I've eliminated a Firewall as the problem. The same
>>>>>>>file-sharing
>>>>>>>problem persists with no firewall functioning at all -- even after
>>>>>>>uninstalling the AVG Firewall on my desktop and reconfiguring the
>>>>>>>file-sharing network on all three machines. (The two laptops use only
>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>Windows Firewall.)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I'm completely stumped. Everything worked for months until a couple
>>>>>>>of
>>>>>>>weeks ago. The only significant thing I changed in the system before
>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>Desktop dropped from the view of the two laptops was to install the
>>>>>>>Google
>>>>>>>Earth program, fiddle with to try to get it to connect to the Google
>>>>>>>Serve,
>>>>>>>failed with that, and then uninstalled the new Google Earth program.
>>>>>>>I
>>>>>>>think something done in that whole process might possibly have messed
>>>>>>>up
>>>>>>>my
>>>>>>>previously working file-sharing network.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>This may be a clue: I tried "repairing" the "LAN or high speed
>>>>>>>internet"
>>>>>>>connection on my desktop, but that raised the error message that it
>>>>>>>couldn't
>>>>>>>finish the repair because 'cannot clear the DNS Cache.' I don't know
>>>>>>>if
>>>>>>>that's significant or what to do about it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Would appreciate suggestions about what to look for now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Joseph,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Provide relevant data here, and we'll diagnose the problem.
>>>>>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
>>>>>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/1...isibility.html
>>>>
>>>>>Thanks for the suggestions.
>>>>>
>>>>>Unfortunately the URL references in your response tend lose me as I try
>>>>>to
>>>>>progress from one to the other. By now, I have several file-folders of
>>>>>printouts from your Blog. I've studied all of them carefully without
>>>>>getting any closer to understanding my problem -- indeed, I may have
>>>>>become
>>>>>even more confused.
>>>>>
>>>>>For example, with respect to your Usenet posting and Blogs on
>>>>>"Browsers,"
>>>>>I
>>>>>still don't understand whether or not my using two internet browsers
>>>>>(IE6
>>>>>and Firefox,) has any relevance to my file-sharing networking problem.
>>>>>
>>>>>Let me refer explicitly to one of the many sections of your blog that
>>>>>I've
>>>>>studied: Chuck's Network Irregularities in Workgroup Visibility:"
>>>>>While
>>>>>trying to follow your instructions there, I've progressed as follows:
>>>>>
>>>>>1. I've pretty well eliminated a personal firewall as part of the
>>>>>problem
>>>>>by
>>>>>working with the software company that provides my firewall (Grisom>)
>>>>>and
>>>>>the problem persists whether or not I have any Firewall.
>>>>>
>>>>>2. I don't know how to go about checking for an "anonymous access
>>>>>block."
>>>>>Any hints?
>>>>>
>>>>>3. I've studied the "ipconfig/all" outputs of the three Work Group
>>>>>computers and the one for my desktop looks very strange indeed --
>>>>>especially
>>>>>in contrast the output of the two laptops. But, I really don't know
>>>>>how
>>>>>to
>>>>>interpret what I see. What do you suggest I do then: post on this
>>>>>Usenet
>>>>>forum the whole ipconfig/all reports for the desktop and ask "What's
>>>>>wrong
>>>>>(if anything) with this?"
>>>>>
>>>>>I haven't yet gotten to the download "browstat" part because I'm almost
>>>>>certain that I'll run into the same road blocks as I have with the
>>>>>"ipconfig/all" report: I won't know how to interpret the report or how
>>>>>to
>>>>>frame questions about it.
>>>>>
>>>>>I'm convinced that you're very knowledgeable, but I'm afraid you're way
>>>>>over
>>>>>the head of even the long-time, typical, computer user.
>>>>>
>>>>>What is your suggestion for me, given the above? Be polite, now!
>>>>
>>>> Joseph,
>>>>
>>>> From reading your other thread "How to Clean DSN Cache?", it appears
>>>> that
>>>> your
>>>> immediate problem is the presence of IPV6 aka Teredo Tunneling on your
>>>> computers. Please start by removing that. Instructions are in this
>>>> article:
>>>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/fix-network-problems-but-clean-up.html>
>>>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...-clean-up.html
>>
>>>After reading about it in PChuck's Network, I downloaded and installed a
>>>Support Tools Folder from the Microsoft web site so that I might use
>>>Browstat.
>>>
>>>I have a feeling that Support Tools are not meant to be used with the
>>>Home
>>>Edition of Win XP SP2. In fact , its description at the MS web site seems
>>>to suggest it's intended only for the Pro Edition.
>>>
>>>Browstat wasn't among the list of tools in the folder I downloaded -- I
>>>guess that's because at some point during the installation I neglected to
>>>click on the right selection to get the complete set of tools.
>>>
>>>When I went to the "All Programs" listing to check out the Support Tools
>>>folder, I clicked on it and then clicked on third item in the folder:
>>>"command window" That resulted in a full black screen that I was able to
>>>get out of only by resorting to the <CTRL><ALT><DEL> salute.
>>>
>>>I then went directly to Control Panel and uninstalled it. I'm beginning
>>>to
>>>see signs of system corruption that may be the result of installing many
>>>complicated and unfamiliar diagnostic programs recommended by
>>>technicians --
>>>especially the ones at Grisom's AVG Firewall. One minor but weird example
>>>is that "My Network Places" has now stopped appearing in the first display
>>>after clicking on "START." (from overuse, maybe??)
>>>
>>>Do you have a URL for a web page that will let me download "Browstat.exe"
>>>by
>>>itself? I tried the web site of neighbor Stanford, (it was listed in
>>>results of a Google search on "Browstat.") but that site doesn't provide
>>>a
>>>download.
>>
>> Joseph,
>>
>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/browstat-utility-from-microsoft.html>
>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...microsoft.html
>> For more information, read the Microsoft article Troubleshooting the
>> Microsoft
>> Computer Browser Service. There you will find a link to the Microsoft
>> Support
>> Tools package, which includes Browstat.
>>
>> If you want just Browstat, it's available on the web from various
>> independent
>> sources, Dynawell, or from Stanford, for instance.
>> # http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/micro...0/browstat.zip
>> # http://rescomp.stanford.edu/staff/ma...s/browstat.zip
>>
>> I just checked both Dynawell and Stanford, and both download fine. They
>> do
>> download fairly quickly, so you may need to check wherever you download,
>> because
>> even with my slooow DSL, it's a small file, and downloads without any
>> progress
>> bar.

>This thread is getting very long and I've made so many mistakes in the past
>two weeks that my desktop system seemed of the verge of crashing. So, I
>decided to restore my system to a date in mid October when everything --
>were working well together -- even the file and printer sharing network and
>the Grisom AVG Firewall.
>
>After finishing the restore, I discovered that the changes I made yesterday,
>following the procedures in PChuck's "Clean Up The Protocol Stack First,"
>had survived the restore process, but then, so did my problem.
>
>I'm going to try to find a technician locally who will do a hands-on job of
>examining and perhaps even solving my problem. The only further thing I now
>dare try by myself is try reconfiguring the file-sharing configuration
>using the Configuration Wizard and experiment with giving different answers
>to the Wizard questions about my connections to the internet. I now don't
>even remember how I had answered them originally when I got the file-sharing
>to work beautifully.
>
>Thanks for your help. I've learned a lot, though obviously not enough to
>solve the problem or avoid destabilizing my computer system.
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Joseph,

Actually, the length of this thread is nowhere near the record that I've
participated in (and still less near the record that I've seen), but if you want
to bail, it's your call.

Please do let us know how it works out for you. And, if the tech finds anything
of interest, and avoids a system rebuild, what you learn may help others here,
so provide details please.

Glad you learned something. That is the purpose of this forum (and why I'm
here). He who is finished with learning is finished with living.

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.