Workstation Forcing an Election in the Domain

[Guest]

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.

 

[Jerold Schulman]

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.

See tip 148 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com

Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com

 

[Michael D. Ober]

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"

 

[Michael D. Ober]

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"

 

[wanderer]

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.

 

[Lionel Goulet]

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"

 

[John John]

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

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.