List of servers appearing in Microsoft Windows Network is ..

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Hello,

I have a Windows XP Pro PC. When I try to map a network drive, then use the
Browse button to browse My Network Places -> Entire Network -> Microsoft
Windows Network, the complete list of servers is there sometimes and other
times it is not. This happened both when I had SP1 and is continuing to
happen now that I have installed SP2.

During those times when I can see the complete list of servers, there are
five of them (all in my subnet). I can open any of these servers and see the
shared folders and printers, and all is well. I can select the shared
network folder and access the files.

During those times when I cannot see the complete list of servers, there is
only one of them, which is a domain controller running Windows Server 2003
(enterprise edition) with Active Directory. If I try to open this server to
browse for the shared folders/printers that I know are there, I get a message
that says

"servername is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this
network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if
you have access permissions. No more connections can be made to this remote
computer at this time because there are already as many connections as the
computer can accept."

I am able to access the shares on this server if I manually type in the
\\servername\share in the Map Network Drive pop up.

I don't understand why sometimes I can see all the file/print servers and
sometimes I can't. There is no consistency to it at all.

And I don't understand why, if I manually enter the share name I can access
the
files, while if I try to access those same shares through the Browse button
I can't even get into the file server.

Thank you for any enlightenment!
--
Lynn Carlson
GIS Manager