On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 17:16:25 -0700, "Chuck [MVP]" <none@xxxxxx>
wrote:
Quote:
>On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 17:02:17 -0700, Sam <retired@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Quote:
>>I don't know what happened, but I just noticed that when I click on
>>"Network" that it shows nothing at all. It used to show 4-5 other
>>computers in my home network. We're all in the same Workgroup and I just
>>checked to verify that nothing has changed. Stopping Windows Firewall
>>makes no difference.
>>
>>I can access all the other computers in our network by manually typing
>>in their addresses. I've even created shortcuts to their locations, but
>>I shouldn't have to do this. Everything else on the network works
>>great... no problems accessing the Internet at all. I have Vista 32
>>Business.
>>
>>So why is my local network hiding? Thanks.
>>
>>Sam
>
>Probably a NetBT setting or personal firewall problem. Have you maybe changed
>antivirus protection?
><http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/07/advanced-windows-networking-using.html>
>http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/0...ing-using.html
>
>Take a look at logs from "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all", from each
>computer, and diagnose the problem. Read this article, and linked articles, and
>follow instructions precisely (download browstat!):
><http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
>http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...#AskingForHelp Everything looks OK on the other computers. And, they can see me just
fine. NetBIOS is enabled on them.
One thing odd on my machine is that the Service "Computer Browser"
starts and just stops immediately after. There are no dependency errors
and no related errors in my Event Log. Could this be the problem?
Sam