Question : Problem with "master browser" and "browser" on single Win 2003 SBS

We have a customer with a single Windows 2003 SBS. It is the only existing server in the organisation.
This server is more or less installed the "standard way". The server runs Active Directory, act as file server, Exchange server and a few more thing.

Clients have som strange problems with lost connectivity to the server, like loosing the file shares and similar things for a while, then suddenly it works again. Network connectivity (i.e. "ping servername") is fine, quick and no lost packets at all). I think this problem is due to something with the browser service at the server.

During boot, the following three events are logged:

1. Event-ID 8015. Source: BROWSER
Description: The browser has forced an election on network \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{7E112CA2-2F32-450F-A7F6-B2B2B4B6C796} because a Windows Server (or domain master) browser is started.

2. EventID: 8027 Source: MRxSmb
Descr: The browser running on the Domain Controller has lost an election.  The computer that won the election is VINGA, on the transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{7E112CA2-2F32-.
 The data contains the election version, election criteria, and remote computer time up, and the same information for the current computer.

3. EventID: 8005  Soruce MRxSmb
Descr: The browser has received a server announcement indicating that the computer VINGA is a master browser, but this computer is not a master browser.

Please point me in the right direction of how to get this right.

Thanks in advance
// Martin

Answer : Problem with "master browser" and "browser" on single Win 2003 SBS

do u have internal network problems??
I mean hubs or switches problems that disconnect and reconnect???
If yes then the di-synchronization may be a result of that.
 
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