Monday, 30 July 2012

How to install computer Browser service in windows 7 , XP & Server

Many system admins, Desktop Engineers & Technical people face the 

problem with computer browser service; when they go to services.msc 

& check for services they found that the service is not there or it's 

missing...

What is Computer Browser service is ? & why it is needed...

Computer Browser service to collect and display all computers

and other resources on the network.

For example, opening Network Neighborhood displays the list of 

computers, shared folders, and printers; the Computer Browser 

service manages this list. But if this service is not there then all this 

feature will not work.


OK Let's start installing Computer Browser Service.

Copy the code below

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Browser] 
"Type"=dword:00000020 
"Start"=dword:00000002 
"ErrorControl"=dword:00000001 
"ImagePath"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,\ 
74,00,25,00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,\ 
00,76,00,63,00,68,00,6f,00,73,00,74,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2d,00,\ 
6b,00,20,00,6e,00,65,00,74,00,73,00,76,00,63,00,73,00,00,00 
"DisplayName"="Computer Browser" 
"DependOnService"=hex(7):4c,00,61,00,6e,00,6d,00,61,00,6e,00,57,00,6f,00,72,00,\ 
6b,00,73,00,74,00,61,00,74,00,69,00,6f,00,6e,00,00,00,4c,00,61,00,6e,00,6d,\ 
00,61,00,6e,00,53,00,65,00,72,00,76,00,65,00,72,00,00,00,00,00 
"DependOnGroup"=hex(7):00,00 
"ObjectName"="LocalSystem" 
"Description"="Maintains an updated list of computers on the network and supplies this list to 
computers designated as browsers. If this service is stopped, this list will not be updated or 
maintained. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to 
start." 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Browser\Parameters] 
"IsDomainMaster"="FALSE" 
"MaintainServerList"="Auto" 
"ServiceDll"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,\ 
00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,\ 
62,00,72,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Browser\Security] 
"Security"=hex:01,00,14,80,90,00,00,00,9c,00,00,00,14,00,00,00,30,00,00,00,02,\ 
00,1c,00,01,00,00,00,02,80,14,00,ff,01,0f,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,\ 
00,00,02,00,60,00,04,00,00,00,00,00,14,00,8d,01,02,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,\ 
05,0b,00,00,00,00,00,18,00,9d,01,02,00,01,02,00,00,00,00,00,05,20,00,00,00,\ 
23,02,00,00,00,00,18,00,ff,01,0f,00,01,02,00,00,00,00,00,05,20,00,00,00,20,\ 
02,00,00,00,00,14,00,fd,01,02,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,05,12,00,00,00,01,01,\ 
00,00,00,00,00,05,12,00,00,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,05,12,00,00,00 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Browser\Enum] 
"0"="Root\\LEGACY_BROWSER\\0000" 
"Count"=dword:00000001 
"NextInstance"=dword:00000001 

Now paste the above code into notepad & save it as Browser.reg


To install open this registry file & click on yes & ok

That's it now you have done...


Work Smarter...

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  4. This maybe just MY problem... I followed the instructions... Saved the file once as .txt and once as *.* all files... - no difference. I get an error message saying: "Cannot import : The specified file is not a registry script. You can only import binary registry files from within the registry editor. The system is W7 Ultimate. Many ???? and thx-s

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