My Network Places
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In the Microsoft Windows operating systems, My Network Places is the network browser feature in Windows Explorer from Windows 2000 and Windows Me onwards. It was formerly known as Network Neighborhood in Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 98.
Users are frequently confused by the differences between My Network Places, Workgroup Computers and Network Connections. Windows Vista fixes this ambiguity by introducing a redesigned network browser.
It shows shortcuts to servers that the user has been to before, which by default is placed in a folder called NetHood, found in the user's home directory. This can be changed by modifying a Windows registry key found at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders. [1]
In a workgroup of less than 32 computers,[2] the list of network destinations in My Network Places is generated by one of the computers on the network, which has been designated "browse master" (sometimes called "master browser"). [3] The browse-master is elected by system strength. Sometimes when similar systems are connected to a network, there might be a conflict between browse-masters with unexpected consequences, such as the disappearance of the list altogether or some system becoming unreachable. A system can be forced to decline browse-master status by disabling the Computer Browser service and rebooting.
In a workgroup of 32 computers or more, the shortcuts are created automatically when the user opens a shared network resource, such as a printer or shared folder.[2]
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