Funnies with Win2K professional RC2 install

[Richard Sharpe]

Hi,

I admit it, I am thick :-)  However, my excuse is that Win2K has at least
one place left were a reboot is needed after you change things :-)

I said:

>well, this is most confusing.
>
>I installed Win2K Professional RC2 on a machine, put it into a Workgroup and 
>then tried to browse the network.  It showed me the workgroup, Sambanet, but 
>would only show me the Win2000 machine in that network.  
>
>I could search for other machines, and it would find my Samba server, but 
>would not allow me to browse the machine.  I have an ethereal trace of the 
>Win2K machine connecting and then disconnecting as soon as it got the
NetProt.  
>This went on for about a day as I intermittently looked at it.
>
>I then changed my Samba server to using encrypted passwords, and was able to 
>browse the network, although I saw some delays that I have not yet check out.
>
>I then switched back to non-encrypted passwords, and now, magically, I can 
>browse the whole network and can browse servers etc. I have rebooted to
see if 
>there is any memory kept unless you reboot. 
>
>Now, I would put this down to a one-off glitch, but since I am writing a 
>chapter about Win2k and Samba for a book on Samba, this has potential for
lots 
>of nastyness.  If people encounter the same problems I did, then they are
not 
>likely to believe the book.
>
>So, what I am interested in knowing is: Has anyone else seen anything like 
>this with Win2K Rc2?  Does anyone know of any registry settings that might 
>affect the browsing behaviour etc.

Problem solved.  You have to reboot after changing that registry setting
before it takes effect ...


Regards
-------
Richard Sharpe, sharpe at ns.aus.com, Master Linux Administrator :-),
Samba (Team member, www.samba.org), Ethereal (Team member, www.zing.org)
Co-author, SAMS Teach Yourself Samba in 24 Hours
Author: First Australian 5-day, intensive, hands-on Linux SysAdmin course