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How to determine master browser in Windows 7
My network is peer-to-peer, so there's no domain controller to act as master browser. I have a Seagate Blackarmor NAS 220 device on my network that can act as a Media Server, and it responds to master browser elections and sometimes wins. If all the computers on my network do not respond, as when they are sleeping or hibernating, the NAS wins by default, and when it does, it is not smart enough to really perform the role of master browser in Microsoft's scheme of things, so network browsing does not work and computers no longer show up in Network browser. I can still access other computers using UNC names, but can't pick them out of lists that are populated by information from the master browser. With earlier versions of Windows, Microsoft had a utility named browstat.exe that would report back the master browser situation, in particular identifying which computer was acting as master browser. That utility does not work on Win7 (at least on my 64-bit version), and I haven't been able to find any replacement. Does anyone know of a replacement that would enable me to easily determine which computer is acting as master browser on my Workgroup?