How do I browse an active directory under XP?

[Elij 0]

How do I browse an active directory under windows xp, similar to how you do under windows 2000 with my network places...

 

I can search the active directory under windows xp, but can't find where I can just browse it

[Elij 0]

ok active directory browsing is disabled by design under windows XP.

 

you can add browsing support if you get win2k version of dsfolder.dll (sp2 or higher) and put it in system32 and then register it (regsvr32 dsfolder.dll)

 

maybe someone won't have to go through what I did to find this out.

[clutch 1]

Thanks for the reply. I myself didn't know about this, and it never really occurred to me to dig out the info. So does it work well?

[Elij 0]

reason I was more determined than most to find a solution, was due to the fact I disabled netbios and any sort of wins resolutions, so the old way of browsing a network wasn't avaliable.

 

I have it setup as just dns and AD -- now with this, I can publish everything needed to the AD so it can be browsed, this was all fine with win2k -- but XP didn't have this option.

 

If I didn't find this fix, would have meant me making loads of shortcuts on the xp machine.

 

And btw, it does work fine -- it works flawless infact, just as well as windows 2000.

[Klark 0]

Wow...that's awesome. And to think, all this time I thought I didn't enable something properly !!

 

Thanks!

[Elij 0]

Well, as the network admin at work says...

 

Quote:

I hate it when people ask, 'is the network down?'

 

Is the network down... -- no all servers are working. Why do you think its down?

 

I can't browse the network.

 

Have your drives mapped? are they working?

 

Yea my drives are here and working --

 

Then the network is working! )

 

He basically believes the idea of browsing is flawed -- you can't browse a network, like you can't browse the internet.

 

You can search internet databases, this is where the AD comes in, and microsoft are moving over to this mentality.

 

I mean, sure -- it works great -- I agree whole heartedly, browsing 2000 netbios names IS pretty pointless.

[Four and Twenty 0]

cool hack i was wondering that myself but never thought to ask

[replik 0]

Hello,

Is it possible to achieve the same thing on a Windows 2003 server running SP1?

 

Thanks!