Yes, but if the service is set to automatically start there is usually
an event logged if the service stops (or if it doesn't start at all).
And not all services stop if they have nothing to do, I had thought the
Browser service to always run but from what you report it seems that if
no LAN is present it automatically stops.

John

Gerry wrote:
> John
>
> Brian has I think got it right!
>
> I started the Computer Browser service. It started, ran briefly and
> stopped. Three information reports are logged in Event Viewer. However,
> I got a message, not recorded in Event Viewer, as below.
>
> "The Computer Browser service on Local Computer started and then
> stopped. Some services stop automatically if they have no work to do,
> for example the Performance Logs and Alert Service."
>
>