Network Drives inaccessible

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BladeRnR

I have a simple LAN Setup from one PC to another via a
Hub. I.P's are fixed 192.168.0.X. Resources are using
Simple File Sharing - I'll move to per User/Password
shares after I figure out the problem. Both PC's can ping
on I.P and Network Computer name (\\<name> and
\\192.168.0.X). I can see the shares on the remote PC no
problem but when I click on a share on Sithlord it just
hangs. I go to SITHLORD and click on BLADERNR's share. I
checked the event logger and this is what it's telling me:

The master browser has received a server announcement
from the computer SITHLORD that believes that it is the
master browser for the domain on transport NetBT_Tcpip_
{BD7F30AB-C149-442A-. The master browser is stopping or
an election is being forced.

How do I dictate who is the 'Master Browser' - it looks
like both PC's think they are 'Master'. How do I change
this behavior?

Regards
 
"BladeRnR" said:
I have a simple LAN Setup from one PC to another via a
Hub. I.P's are fixed 192.168.0.X. Resources are using
Simple File Sharing - I'll move to per User/Password
shares after I figure out the problem. Both PC's can ping
on I.P and Network Computer name (\\<name> and
\\192.168.0.X). I can see the shares on the remote PC no
problem but when I click on a share on Sithlord it just
hangs. I go to SITHLORD and click on BLADERNR's share. I
checked the event logger and this is what it's telling me:

The master browser has received a server announcement
from the computer SITHLORD that believes that it is the
master browser for the domain on transport NetBT_Tcpip_
{BD7F30AB-C149-442A-. The master browser is stopping or
an election is being forced.

How do I dictate who is the 'Master Browser' - it looks
like both PC's think they are 'Master'. How do I change
this behavior?

Regards
Click to expand...

To prevent a computer from becoming the 'Master Browser':

1. Right click My Computer, and click Manage.
2. Double click Services and Applications.
3. Double click Services.
4. Double click Computer Browser. If the Service status is Started,
click Stop.
5. Set the Startup type to Disabled.
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