Here's an answer to this question posted by a Microsoft employee in the Microsoft AD newsgroup yesterday. It includes an (unsupported) method to get the functionality into XP.
************* This has been discussed at length in this forum already. It was removed from the Windows XP client. Without wishing to open up the whole discussion again - you can read it for yourself. There are lots of good reasons for not allowing users to randomly browse around the network and in particularly the directory. I suggest you read the rest of the discussions yourself - it gets a little bit heated at times. But since you asked :- The following process is TOTALLY UNSUPPORTED and provided AS IS with no warranties, and confers no rights. To re-enable the Directory folder on a Windows XP Professional client PC in a Domain Environment 1. Copy the dsfolder.dll from a Windows 2000 (SP2 or later) machine to the Windows XP machines (It is in the SYSTEM32 folder under the WINNT folder on Windows 2000 (by default) and needs to go into the SYSTEM32 folder usually under WINDOWS on Windows XP (by default) 2. Close all instances of Windows Explorer 3. Run "regsvr32 dsfolder.dll" on the XP machines. 4. Done The above process is TOTALLY UNSUPPORTED and provided AS IS with no warranties, and confers no rights. ************** Tony www.activedir.org ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "SEYBOLDT,VOLKER (HP-Germany,ex1)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 13:04:14 +0200 Hi there, I've a question regarding browsing the Active Directory with clients. On a W2K client there's a folder in "My Network Places" where I can browse through the AD structur in order to find objects in AD. I did not found this option on a XP client. Can someone tell me where this browsing feature is located in Windows XP or what has to be configured that it is available? At the moment no policies are configured in the AD..... thanks for your help Volker List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
