Computer geeks: Force Master Browser selection Win7?

[skydivr]

How do I force a WIN7 machine in a workgroup to be the Master Browser? I can find all kinds of info on how to do it in the XP registry but not WIN7.

What happens is, I have one WIN7 machine that is normally on all the time, and that one is my preferred MB. However, in a power outage, sometimes it goes to my Shared storage device that can't handle the duties well. The only other option I have is to turn everything off, and back on in sequence so it elects appropriately...

I'd like to set my WIN7 machine to be given priority when an election occurs...

 

[Professor]

Have you considered setting up an Active Directory instance?

 

[skydivr]

I don't have a server....or a domain...

 

[Professor]

It might be worth the trouble if you are dealing with more than 10 devices. I think I have about 60 on a stand-alone domain. Mainly laboratory equipment but eventually everything that we don’t have on or standard domain. It have solved many issues.

I don't know where to lead you in the workgroup mode as I haven't messed with that since the Win 95/98 days.

 

[Skywalker]

The only way I know of to prevent a particular computer from becoming the Master Browser is to set MaintainServerList to No . Hope this helps.

 

[skydivr]

The only way I know of to prevent a particular computer from becoming the Master Browser is to set MaintainServerList to No . Hope this helps.

Yeah, that's all I can find too. The only other option I know of is to shut down everything and restart in sequence machine I want to be MB first...then it will hold until a power outage.

Professor, one of these days I will, but I have to fully build out our network first.

 

[Skywalker]

SO did you set all other systems to no on MaintainServerList?

Yeah, that's all I can find too. The only other option I know of is to shut down everything and restart in sequence machine I want to be MB first...then it will hold until a power outage.

Professor, one of these days I will, but I have to fully build out our network first.

 

[omslaw]

Stop (and disable) the 'Computer Browser' service on all the other machines except the Win 7 box.

 

[skydivr]

SO did you set all other systems to no on MaintainServerList?

Stop (and disable) the 'Computer Browser' service on all the other machines except the Win 7 box.

I would have to remotely edit each systems registry which would take awhile.

Last night when everyone was gone I shut the system down and restarted in sequence, and the machine I want is the master again (I found a cool little tool someone wrote that quieries the entire system to tell me who the master is). This machine rarely gets turned off (updates or a power outage longer than my UPS can handle it about an hour) so it should remain Master I just have to remember to check it every once in awhile.

Still having issues with my NT box but it IS now seeing the remaining network.