Microsoft KB Archive/131096

= Workgroup Name and Domain Name Same for Browsing =

Article ID: 131096

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11

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This article was previously published under Q131096



SYMPTOMS
In the Windows NT Workstation version 3.5 Installation Guide incorrectly states the following on page 56:

Browsing will not be available if you log on to a Windows for Workgroups computer whose workgroup name is the same as the name of a Windows NT domain....



RESOLUTION
If you change the workgroup name of your Windows for Workgroups 3.11 client to the same name as a Windows NT domain that you are connected to, you are still able to browse. This is often the recommend configuration for troubleshooting. However if you do this, the workgroup machine will not become a browse master since it will always lose the browse master elections to the computers on the domain running Windows NT.

Additional query words: documentation error 3.11 prodnt browsemaster

Keywords: kbprb KB131096

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