How to support browse lists for multiple domains

This article describes how to configure Microsoft Windows NT Server so it provides Network Basic Input/Output System (NetBIOS) browse list functionality for multiple domains.

Consider this scenario: A Microsoft Windows 2000 environment has two domains that share a two-way trust relationship. However, when you browse through the network neighborhood, the other domain is not available. (In Domain A, you may be able to see Domain B listed, but you cannot see Domain A from Domain B.) This issue exists although the following conditions are true:

• Both networks have Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) and are replicating with one another.
• The <1B> records in WINS are correct and point to the IP addresses of each primary domain controller (PDC).
• By using browstat, you see that the PDCs are also the Domain Master Browsers.
• There are no LMHost files that interfere with NetBIOS name resolution.
• By default, the Computer Browser service maintains a list of all servers on a network.

This browse list functionality is for backward compatibility with versions of Lan Manager prior to Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11. In prior versions, every computer maintains a list of all the servers on the network. Beginning with Windows for Workgroups 3.11, every network client is a server, so this functionality is not required. However, a Windows 2000 client may need to browse a Lan Manager server, so you can enable this functionality.

Warning If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys And Values" Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and Delete Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" Help topics in Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it.

To enable this functionality, use Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe) to add the following registry key: NOTE: The above registry key is one path; it has been wrapped for readability.

Add an "OtherDomains" (without quotation marks) value with a REG_MULTI_SZ Data Type.

Edit this value to add the name of the domain you want to browse, quit Registry Editor, and then restart your computer.