Work Group seems to have disappeared!

[64met]

Not 100% sure what/why this has happened but suddenly on my W7 pc under network> I can only see my W7 machine. Other than shutting down my w7 pc I haven't changed a thing. Prior, I could navigate to network> and here see every PC in my network. (They would be listed by their individual pc names).
Now, after countless restarts, reboots, etc. Other than my W7 machine none of my other PC's are visible. They are a mix of w7, xp, vista and yes, they are all on.

I am stumped. It worked before. Any thoughts? Thxs in advance

 

[zigzag3143]

Not 100% sure what/why this has happened but suddenly on my W7 pc under network> I can only see my W7 machine. Other than shutting down my w7 pc I haven't changed a thing. Prior, I could navigate to network> and here see every PC in my network. (They would be listed by their individual pc names).
Now, after countless restarts, reboots, etc. Other than my W7 machine none of my other PC's are visible. They are a mix of w7, xp, vista and yes, they are all on.

I am stumped. It worked before. Any thoughts? Thxs in advance

Do you still have Internet on that machine?

 

[64met]

Not 100% sure what/why this has happened but suddenly on my W7 pc under network> I can only see my W7 machine. Other than shutting down my w7 pc I haven't changed a thing. Prior, I could navigate to network> and here see every PC in my network. (They would be listed by their individual pc names).
Now, after countless restarts, reboots, etc. Other than my W7 machine none of my other PC's are visible. They are a mix of w7, xp, vista and yes, they are all on.

I am stumped. It worked before. Any thoughts? Thxs in advance

Do you still have Internet on that machine?

Yes, on the W7 machine. Others as well to. FWIW, I came across this link in my reseach and started command prompt, typed net-view and it resulted with: Network path not found. Although, admittely I have no idea what a master browser is or if its my problem.
http://scottiestech.info/2009/02/14/how-to-determine-the-master-browser-in-a-windows-workgroup/

Thank you

 

[64met]

Sorry, bump for a little help. I also ran a command prompt net view. Result is system error 53, network path not found. Any suggestions? Thanks

 

[zigzag3143]

Sorry, bump for a little help. I also ran a command prompt net view. Result is system error 53, network path not found. Any suggestions? Thanks

Sorry about the delay.

What malware /firewall?

Is this a "homegroup" or workgroup"?

If net view results in an error how are you invoking it? from start>all programs>accesories>cmd?

Run as admin?

 

[64met]

Sorry, bump for a little help. I also ran a command prompt net view. Result is system error 53, network path not found. Any suggestions? Thanks

Sorry about the delay.

What malware /firewall?

Is this a "homegroup" or workgroup"?

If net view results in an error how are you invoking it? from start>all programs>accesories>cmd?

Run as admin?

Thxs for reply. No firewall (other than @ router) Security/Malware- MS Security Essentials. And Spy ware is Super Anti Spy Ware. It is a workgroup. And what is real perplexing is, up until a few days ago it worked fine.

 

[zigzag3143]

Sorry, bump for a little help. I also ran a command prompt net view. Result is system error 53, network path not found. Any suggestions? Thanks

Sorry about the delay.

What malware /firewall?

Is this a "homegroup" or workgroup"?

If net view results in an error how are you invoking it? from start>all programs>accesories>cmd?

Run as admin?

Thxs for reply. No firewall (other than @ router) Security/Malware- MS Security Essentials. And Spy ware is Super Anti Spy Ware. It is a workgroup. And what is real perplexing is, up until a few days ago it worked fine.

Thanks and Ugh. Can you run IPCONFIG /all and upload the output?

 

[64met]

Sorry about the delay.

What malware /firewall?

Is this a "homegroup" or workgroup"?

If net view results in an error how are you invoking it? from start>all programs>accesories>cmd?

Run as admin?

Thxs for reply. No firewall (other than @ router) Security/Malware- MS Security Essentials. And Spy ware is Super Anti Spy Ware. It is a workgroup. And what is real perplexing is, up until a few days ago it worked fine.

Thanks and Ugh. Can you run IPCONFIG /all and upload the output?

Run IPCONFIG/all via command prompt from my w7 pc? Thank you, again!

 

[64met]

Sorry about the delay.

What malware /firewall?

Is this a "homegroup" or workgroup"?

If net view results in an error how are you invoking it? from start>all programs>accesories>cmd?

Run as admin?

Thxs for reply. No firewall (other than @ router) Security/Malware- MS Security Essentials. And Spy ware is Super Anti Spy Ware. It is a workgroup. And what is real perplexing is, up until a few days ago it worked fine.

Thanks and Ugh. Can you run IPCONFIG /all and upload the output?

**** UPDATE**** I became so frustrated with this situation I basically unplugged EVERY cable from my bridge, reconnected, restarted w7, and after plugging cables back in and restarting everything.... I am happy to report (at least for now) I am good
I had tried everything b4 w/exception of the cables and I didn't change any out, it was more just reseating them. Oh well, it works!