hi all does anybody know what's wrong when a computer is in the wins.dat file and not in the browse.dat file? that machine is using samba 1.9.17 and its config is exactly the same (under browsing point of you) of machines that appear in both list. it can be found typing its address/resource path, but no way i can make it show in the browse list. what am i missing? thanks -- Marco Frattola Piacenza "MY office is not a Microsoft Trademark!" mfrattola@enjoy.it