Unable to browse network neighborhood

Hello...

On a Win98 (not SE) machine, I can ping the file server,
and am getting shared drives at logon, but I can not browse
network neighborhood; I get the "Unable to browse..." error
upon clicking the NN icon. I need to browse the
neighborhood because a program requires the full UNC path.

I have TCP/IP and it's DHCP. I can ping the server and can
print. I've tried with and without NetBeui, no difference.
I have Client for Microsoft Networking (set as default),
Windows Family logon, etc. I can map a drive using
\\servername\sharename, and can see the servername using
Find Computer. The server is a Windows 2003. The computer
has a unique computername and is a member of the
appropriate workgroup.

I do NOT get the error on a Win98SE machine.

It's been a while since I did Win98 networking, so forgive
me if I'm missing something obvious.

Thx,
D.

"dsmcd" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello...
>
> On a Win98 (not SE) machine, I can ping the file server,
> and am getting shared drives at logon, but I can not browse
> network neighborhood; I get the "Unable to browse..." error
> upon clicking the NN icon. I need to browse the
> neighborhood because a program requires the full UNC path.
>
> I have TCP/IP and it's DHCP. I can ping the server and can
> print. I've tried with and without NetBeui, no difference.
> I have Client for Microsoft Networking (set as default),
> Windows Family logon, etc. I can map a drive using
> \\servername\sharename, and can see the servername using
> Find Computer. The server is a Windows 2003. The computer
> has a unique computername and is a member of the
> appropriate workgroup.
>
> I do NOT get the error on a Win98SE machine.
>
> It's been a while since I did Win98 networking, so forgive
> me if I'm missing something obvious.
>
> Thx,
> D.
>
>

did you try creating a user on the 2003 server with the same name as the
win98 windows login?

"Haggis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>"dsmcd" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hello...
>>
>> On a Win98 (not SE) machine, I can ping the file server,
>> and am getting shared drives at logon, but I can not browse
>> network neighborhood; I get the "Unable to browse..." error
>> upon clicking the NN icon. I need to browse the
>> neighborhood because a program requires the full UNC path.
>>
>> I have TCP/IP and it's DHCP. I can ping the server and can
>> print. I've tried with and without NetBeui, no difference.
>> I have Client for Microsoft Networking (set as default),
>> Windows Family logon, etc. I can map a drive using
>> \\servername\sharename, and can see the servername using
>> Find Computer. The server is a Windows 2003. The computer
>> has a unique computername and is a member of the
>> appropriate workgroup.
>>
>> I do NOT get the error on a Win98SE machine.
>>
>> It's been a while since I did Win98 networking, so forgive
>> me if I'm missing something obvious.
>>
>> Thx,
>> D.
>>
>>
>
>did you try creating a user on the 2003 server with the same
>name as the
>win98 windows login?
>
>
Oh yes, of course. That's how I'm able to get shared drives.

Any other suggestions?

Thx,
D.