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re: workgroup name resetting to mshome Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 6:05 pm Posted by Adam Bradley (8787 messages posted) Windows does not spontaneously change those settings on it's own, you need to figure out what is causing the change. Do you have any applications loaded to help control your network settings? Scanned for malware? Any kind of notices in the event viewer coinciding with the change? On Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 5:25 pm, Mr. T wrote: >I have 5 machines connected to a router 4 wired XPs and one wireless Vista basic >laptop. The group name is THUNDERBIRD and they all work 95% of the time. Once in >a blue moon one of the XP's goes off its trolley and resets its group name to MSHOME. >This is getting old as I usually mangle things before I get it right again. > >Question, is it possible to edit where default group name MSHOME is stored to make >it THUNDERBIRD? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: workgroup name resetting to mshome Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 6:51 pm Posted by Mr. T (6 messages posted) I use a couple spyware programs and use AVG behind the router. This has been going on for a year or so and haven't been able to pinpoint any action that causes it. What is an Event Viewer? Windows doesn't just do weird things out of the blue? Hum? Anyway I just wanted to fix the results not the problem as I'm probably not smart enough solve this. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: workgroup name resetting to mshome Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 8:46 pm Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) You may not find anyone else who has experienced this problem. On Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 6:51 pm, Mr. T wrote: >I use a couple spyware programs and use AVG behind the router. This has been going >on for a year or so and haven't been able to pinpoint any action that causes it. >What is an Event Viewer? > >Windows doesn't just do weird things out of the blue? >Hum? Anyway I just wanted to fix the results not the problem as I'm probably not >smart enough solve this. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: workgroup name resetting Event Viewer Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 3:39 am Posted by MartinM (7551 messages posted) Start . . . Run . . . eventvwr.msc Click on System in the left pane and scour the items which show in the right pane, at about the time one of these mysterious changes took place, for any that look connected with your issue. Double clicking in the item usually reveals some further information. I'm afraid this may be a little tedious as there are lots off system events in normal usage - you might start with those with red crosses (the most severe) and go on to the warnings (yellow triangles). On Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 6:51 pm, Mr. T wrote: >I use a couple spyware programs and use AVG behind the router. This has been going >on for a year or so and haven't been able to pinpoint any action that causes it. >What is an Event Viewer? > >Windows doesn't just do weird things out of the blue? >Hum? Anyway I just wanted to fix the results not the problem as I'm probably not >smart enough solve this. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: workgroup name resetting to mshome Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 9:13 am Posted by Mark (422 messages posted) I have seen it do this if you go through the "set up file sharing wizard" , to my knowledge, "mshome" is it's default so that your other computers will be the same, I experienced it recently sort of "resetting my LAN with a new router",with reserved IP add, just like you, I had to go change each machine to "workgroup" .. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: workgroup name resetting Event Viewer Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 12:58 pm Posted by Mr. T (6 messages posted) Thanks the event viewer may help if it does this while I'm looking, I'll practice with it so I'll know how to use it should the opportunity present itself. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: workgroup name resetting to mshome Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 1:03 pm Posted by Mr. T (6 messages posted) If I read you right, one of the other machines could be the cause. Hum, that would eliminate the laptop with vista as this has been happening before it was acquired. This is the most obtuse thing as I only discover it when trying to access network from it or one of the other machines tries it. That's why I thought of changing the default on it. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: workgroup name resetting Event Viewer Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 1:08 pm Posted by MartinM (7551 messages posted) Good plan - necessarily a bit random but I don't know another way to diagnose this. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum