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Graeme <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> commented
Then Kevin replied below:
> One of the computers on my network has lost the ability
> to browse the network neighbourhood. When I do ipconfig,
> I can see that the computer is picking up an IP address
> but there is no entry in the "Connection-specific DNS
> suffix" field. Is this the problem? What should I do to
> solve this?
The connection specific DNS suffix has nothing to do with your problem, in
fact nothing DNS has anything to do with your problem because Network
neighborhood does not use DNS, it uses the Computer Browser Service.
Check that NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled, then take a read of these
articles.
188001 - Description of the Microsoft Computer Browser Service:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;188001
188305 - Troubleshooting the Microsoft Computer Browser Service:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;188305
818092 - Description of NetBIOS Browsing Console (Browcon.exe):
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;818092
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Best regards,
Kevin D4 Dad Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
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