Master Browser Conflict

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I networked a vista ultimate unit with an XP prof. unit satisfactorily and
both saw each other. After rebooting the connection was lost, after a while
it was regained. This happens frequently. I checked the error log in vista
and there were several instances of the following entry: Event ID 8033.
The browser has forced an election on network\Device\NET
BT_Tcpip-{F899cc1b-4166-4D42-9859-10238359 F6D9}because a master browser has
stopped. Should one unit be set as a master browser? I submitted this
yesterday and it didn't show-up,pardon me for the duplication.
 
You may want to disable master browser on the XP computer. This how to may help,

Computer BrowserTo start/stop Master Browser on Win2K/XP, go to Administrative Tools>Services, start/stop the Computer Browser. You setup start automatically, ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/browser.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
I networked a vista ultimate unit with an XP prof. unit satisfactorily and
both saw each other. After rebooting the connection was lost, after a while
it was regained. This happens frequently. I checked the error log in vista
and there were several instances of the following entry: Event ID 8033.
The browser has forced an election on network\Device\NET
BT_Tcpip-{F899cc1b-4166-4D42-9859-10238359 F6D9}because a master browser has
stopped. Should one unit be set as a master browser? I submitted this
yesterday and it didn't show-up,pardon me for the duplication.
 
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