Bill Rankin <bkds_rankin@msn.com> wrote:
> Somewhat off Topic:
>
> On my Home LAN all the computers (5) are in the same File and Printer
> sharing Workgroup. WINS is forced to enabled.

Hmmm? Do you mean NetBIOS over TCP/IP

> I have no server and
> they are not in a domain. Is there any reason why the Computer
> Browser Service is running on all of them? Should it run on any of
> them? Does it make any difference?

Yes. If you don't have AD / WINS, you need this if you want to browse.
>
> Bill-R
>
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatya hoo.com> wrote in
> message news:%23piFOapuIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> MS News <Cal@obded.org> wrote:
>>> I have 1 xp sp2 laptop that thinks it is the master browser and is
>>> always forcing elections with our DC. I did set the isdomainmaster
>>> = False in reg, but with no change in results. Is there snything
>>> else I can do??
>>> CR
>>
>> Quick and easy fix:
>> Stop and disable the computer browser service on all workstations
>> (you can do this easily via group policy). They don't need this
>> service running. You should still be using WINS if you're going to leave
>> NetBT
>> enabled at all, though.