Workstation Forcing an Election in the Domain

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Can anyone tell me why this is happening? I have see this with others who
are running server on their workstation, but I am not. Why would I force an
election? This is the error I am reading.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: MRxSmb
Event Category: None
Event ID: 8003
Date: 2/1/2005
Time: 7:21:20 AM
User: N/A
Computer: [DomainController]
Description:
The master browser has received a server announcement from the computer
[My_2000_Workstation] that believes that it is the master browser for the
domain on transport NetBT_Tcpip_{338065AB-224F-4A32. The master browser is
stopping or an election is being forced.
 
Can anyone tell me why this is happening? I have see this with others who
are running server on their workstation, but I am not. Why would I force an
election? This is the error I am reading.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: MRxSmb
Event Category: None
Event ID: 8003
Date: 2/1/2005
Time: 7:21:20 AM
User: N/A
Computer: [DomainController]
Description:
The master browser has received a server announcement from the computer
[My_2000_Workstation] that believes that it is the master browser for the
domain on transport NetBT_Tcpip_{338065AB-224F-4A32. The master browser is
stopping or an election is being forced.
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See tip 148 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com

Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
 
What OS - exactly are they running? You said "server", so are they actually
running a Server version of Windows?

Mike Ober.

"EMcGrath@HCA_NOSPAM_Vendor.com"
 
What version of Windows do you have on your servers? For example, windows
2000 Pro will force an election in an NT4 domain - the PDC will win, but the
election will occur.

Mike.

"EMcGrath@HCA_NOSPAM_Vendor.com"
 
This is totally normal and expected. You will note in event viewer its
an informational message. This is how MS browsing works. This is not
something to be concerned about.
 
Check the subnet mask in the client machine. It should exactly match the
subnet mask of the domain controller.

This fixed the problem once for me, anyway.

-LLiioonneell

"EMcGrath@HCA_NOSPAM_Vendor.com"
 
Windows NT Server Resource Kit
Chapter 3 - Windows NT Browser Service

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windowsnt/4/server/reskit/en-us/net/chptr3.mspx



Lionel said:
Check the subnet mask in the client machine. It should exactly match the
subnet mask of the domain controller.

This fixed the problem once for me, anyway.

-LLiioonneell

Can anyone tell me why this is happening? I have see this with others who
are running server on their workstation, but I am not. Why would I force
an
election? This is the error I am reading.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: MRxSmb
Event Category: None
Event ID: 8003
Date: 2/1/2005
Time: 7:21:20 AM
User: N/A
Computer: [DomainController]
Description:
The master browser has received a server announcement from the computer
[My_2000_Workstation] that believes that it is the master browser for the
domain on transport NetBT_Tcpip_{338065AB-224F-4A32. The master browser is
stopping or an election is being forced.
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