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Event ID 8003: Browser Elections

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by mike 1 view

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a normal windows 2000 professional workstation claims to be a master browser and is forcing elections against out domain controller. resource kit says to check and make sure subnet mask is correct (which it is; the PC functions fine otherwise). Knowledge base says about domains that occur over multiple subnets (which ours does): turn off udp forwarding on router

does this apply to a network that has only one router, and by turning off udp forwarding how will this affect the operation of our network? is there another solution.

any answers or pointing to the right place is much appreciated

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by mike

This is it, thanks. Looks like the issue arose because it is being used a print server.

by desktop jinx

In browse master priority, any Win2000 system wins over any NT4 system. You'll need to tame all of your Win2000 systems by forcing them not to be a browse master with the appropriate registry setting which I believe is in the MSKB article referencedabove.

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