Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Windows XP computer thinks it's the domain master browser

One of my many Windows XP computers believes it's the Domain Master Browser, as shown in the logs on one of my Windows 2003 ADCs, as such:

System Log

Event Type: Error
Event Source: MRxSmb
Event Category: None
Event ID: 8003
Date: 11/29/2010
Time: 3:56:13 PM
User: N/A
Computer: XXXXX02
Description:
The master browser has received a server announcement from the computer XXXXXX069 that believes that it is the master browser for the domain on transport NetBT_Tcpip_{D051FAC0-5D67-4. The master browser is stopping or an election is being forced.

I checked the Computer Browser service, and it shows startup type as Automatic (as my laptop does as well), but status is Started, where mine is not.

Stopped the service, and set to Manual.