workgroup not showing up in my network places

[bunty18]

There are few XP machines in the company that are not on the domain. They are on workgroup. I dont know what happened that we cannot see the workgroup on the network places. First we used to see our domain and workgroup both on the network places.

The machines which are on the workgroup, If I try to see the network on that machine it shows me the workgroup icon in network places but if I try to open it. It gave me the error message that you might not have permissions or the the list of servers for this workgroup is not available.. We always login as administrators into these machines.

Anybody can help me out with this.
Thanks in advance.

 

[erikhertzel]

Try this:

http://www.anetforums.com/posts.aspx?ThreadIndex=14476

Hope that helps,

Erik

 

[bunty18]

Is there any other solution except this link.

Thank You

 

[linney]

Is the Computer Browser Service running? Are there any other errors in the Event Viewer?

Is any firewall interfering, some antivirus software have a hidden firewall component built into them too.

Is File and Print Sharing enabled in your LAN Properties?

You cannot access shared files and folders or browse computers in the workgroup

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318030&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

WinXP Connectivity Issues
Lost Connectivity after Registry or Malware Cleanup
FAQ779-4625

You cannot view other workgroup computers on the network on a Windows XP-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;903267&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH