>> With Start - Find - Files or folders... I can search any
>individual computer
>> (by typing \\mmouse or whatever in the Look in: box). With
>Start - Find -
>> Computer... I can find computers by name. But there seems to
>be no way of
>> searching across the whole workgroup or "network
>neighborhood" by file name.
>>
>> Does anyone know of a utility that will help with this?
>
>On a network, you'll only to able to search those drives (and thus,
>the folders on those drives) that your network administrator has
>determined you are allowed to see.  This may limit your searching
>capabilities.
>
>However, if you have access to the drives that these files are on,
>you should be able to do a search by the drive - click on Start,
>Find, Files or folders, then click Browse, and select the drive
>letter you wish to search.  Depending on how your network is mapped,
>the f:\ drive may be your best bet.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Holli

Thanks Holli
I'm actually thinking about searching network shares without having to map
them to drive letters. You can do this in windows explorer by browsing the
network neighbourhood (though such shares aren't visible in DOS unless you
assign a drive letter). The shares I'm interested have open access, no
passwords or anything. One of the problems though is that a computer may
appear in the network neighbourhood but not be accessible (eg switched off).
It seems you can't cancel explorer's timeout while it waits for a response -
this makes manually searching each share time-consuming.

Joe

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