[geeks] Windows 7 File & Printer Sharing Nightmare

[Mark Benson]

> If itbs a master browser election issue (which it certainly could be), you
> should be also see some events in the event log on all workstations saying
> that the master browser has gone offline and that an election is taking place.
> If certain machines are causing problems with they are the master browser
> (say, laptops that go on and off the network often), you can configure them to
> not try to be the master browser.

Some PCs have power saving on (particularly the ones that get left on 
for long periods and not used).

> Also, putting a small samba server on the network and configuring it to have a
> higher oslevel could make sure that it is always the master browser when it is
> online.

Would this be doable via a Linux + Samba stack? If so I could easily run 
a Samba daemon on one of our Linux servers and force that to do it.

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Mark Benson