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- DOCUMENT:Q104662 06-OCT-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :Unable to Browse Some LAN Manager Domains with Windows NT
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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-
- SYMPTOMS
- ========
-
- A Windows NT computer that is in a workgroup with other Windows NT
- computers or Windows for Workgroups computers (and not in a LAN
- Manager domain) may not be able to browse servers in some LAN Manager
- domains even though they may be on the same network segment.
-
- A LAN Manager domain that does not contain any Windows NT computers
- will not appear on the browse lists unless it is specified as an
- "Other Domain" (without quotation marks) through the Control Panel,
- Networks option in the Computer Browser service configuration.
- However, the computer browser service can only be configured in
- Windows NT Advanced Server.
-
- RESOLUTION
- ==========
-
- Use one of the following methods to workaround this problem:
-
- Make a new domain using a Windows NT Advanced Server as the primary
- domain controller and specify the LAN Manager domains as "Other
- Domain" through the Control Panel, Networks option in the Computer
- Browser configuration of Windows NT Advanced Server. Then add the
- Windows NT workstations to this domain.
-
- -or-
-
- Even though the LAN Manager domains are not visible in the browse
- list, connections can be forced to computers in those domains by using
- their server name (\\<Server name>\<Share name>) in the Path line of
- the Connect Network Drive dialog box in File Manager.
-
- -or-
-
- Add at least one Windows NT workstation to each LAN Manager domain.
-
- For additional information on browsing issues with Windows NT, query
- on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
-
- browser and service
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10 browsemaster
- KBCategory:
- KBSubcategory: netsrv
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