Net View command not working - says "there are no entries in the l

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We are currently running an Active Directory network off of Windows Server
2003 R2 and when attempting to run "net view" on some machines, the machine
responds with "there are no entires in the list" and on other machines it
provides all the computers on the network. Any idea why this is occurring?

Thanks!
 
Re: Net View command not working - says "there are no entries in the l

Hi Marc,

Check your Computer Browser service on the affected machines, that it is
installed and running. The computer browser service is installed with the
Client for Microsoft Networks. Within your nic's local area connection
properties confirm that
this is listed and checkmarked, if its not you can install it via the
Install button.
Make sure that you have the Computer Browser service correctly setup on your
network, the browstat command is excellent for this.
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windo...2847-4253-ad69-d5ed5f900e7d1033.mspx?mfr=true
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/188001
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843517/en-us

If you use the computer browse service (net view) so that client PCs can
browse through MyNetworkPlaces, and if your network is on the larger side,
you may want to consider using WINS as its much more network efficient for
this purpose (the browser service can be very broadcast chatty). However to
do this you would still need the computer browser service running on your DC
servers as well as disabled on all client pcs.
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windo...0561-44a5-884c-d2dfaa5b10191033.mspx?mfr=true

Coraleigh Miller


"Marc" <Marc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> We are currently running an Active Directory network off of Windows Server
> 2003 R2 and when attempting to run "net view" on some machines, the
> machine
> responds with "there are no entires in the list" and on other machines it
> provides all the computers on the network. Any idea why this is
> occurring?
>
> Thanks!
 
Re: Net View command not working - says "there are no entries in the l

On Aug 21, 5:10 pm, Marc <M...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> We are currently running an Active Directory network off of Windows Server
> 2003 R2 and when attempting to run "net view" on some machines, the machine
> responds with "there are no entires in the list" and on other machines it
> provides all the computers on the network. Any idea why this is occurring?
>
> Thanks!

I had the same problem on the client I was working with. I installed
the Netware Network client in the Network Connection Properties and
now the whole network shows up. You should only need the Microsoft
Network client, but installing the other seemed to fix what XP had
broken.

Worth a shot. You may be able to uninstall the Netware client after
you restart, so you don't have the pop-up about connecting to Netware
Network everytime you log in.
 
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