Windows 98 machine thinks it's the master browser

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Penny - 20 Oct 2005 19:46 GMT

I've got a windows 98 machine that thinks it's the master browser. This is
something pretty easy to fix in 2000 or XP, but windows 98 doesn't have any
services.

I had this situation happen a while back, but I can't think for the life of
me how I fixed it.

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Steve Winograd [MVP] - 20 Oct 2005 23:18 GMT

>I've got a windows 98 machine that thinks it's the master browser. This is
>something pretty easy to fix in 2000 or XP, but windows 98 doesn't have any
>services.
>
>I had this situation happen a while back, but I can't think for the life of
>me how I fixed it.

Go to Control Panel | Network | File and Printer Sharing | Properties
and set Browse Master to Disabled.

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