Microsoft KB Archive/190648

= Alternate Workgroup Name Stops Network Browsing =

Article ID: 190648

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q190648



IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry. Before you edit the registry, you should first make a backup copy of the registry files (System.dat and User.dat). Both are hidden files in the Windows folder.



SYMPTOMS
When you try to browse the network by double-clicking Network Neighborhood, you may only see the Entire Network icon. Also, if you double-click Entire Network, you may receive the following error message:

Unable to browse the network. The network is not accessible.

Note that you can still access network resources by mapping a network drive, or using Universal Naming Convention (UNC) network names.



CAUSE
This problem can occur if Policy Editor has been used to create an alternate workgroup, and the workgroup name was not totally capitalized.



RESOLUTION
You can edit the registry using System Policy Editor (Poledit.exe) or Registry Editor (Regedit.exe). Check with your network administrator before you make any changes to the registry.

To resolve this problem, use Policy Editor to change the alternate workgroup name to all capital letters. To do so, use the following steps:


 * 1) Click Start, click Run, type poledit in the Open box, and then click OK.
 * 2) Click File, click Open Registry, double-click Local Computer, double-click the Windows 98 Network branch to expand it, double-click the Microsoft Client for Windows Networks branch to expand it, and then click Alternate Workgroup.
 * 3) Under Settings For Alternate Workgroup, type the workgroup name in all capital letters.
 * 4) Click OK, click Save on the File menu, quit Policy Editor, and then restart your computer.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows 98.



MORE INFORMATION
Policy Editor adds the workgroup value to the following registry key:

Additional query words: 98

Keywords: kbnetwork kbprb KB190648

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