No.  If it is a NT or W2K you can use regedit from your computer.
If it is a W9x/Me make sure to disable participation in elections if it
is doing file sharing.
This may also be a sign of a large problem such as a connetivity issue
on a box. Bad NIC driver or hub - i.e. gets intermittent connection or
vanishes.
You still maintain server lists in WINS servers in addition to DCs?


-----Original Message-----
From: William Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 1:44 PM
To: NT 2000 Discussions
Subject: Excessive Elections


I am getting periodic error messages regarding browser elections (see
below). It seems that once I apply the regedit fix I have (below)
another
machine crops up with the same error with in a week or so. Is there a
way to
correct this error from the server level instead of going from machine
to
machine with a regedit fix? I am checking to see if this TechNet article
will help, but our image and dhcp server gives the correct subnet mask.
Article ID: Q143153

Event Type:     Error
Event Source:   Rdr
Event Category: None
Event ID:       8003
Date:           10/2/2001
Time:           1:18:17 PM
User:           N/A
Computer:       NY
Description:
The master browser has received a server announcement from the computer
XXXXXX that believes that it is the master browser for the domain on
transport NetBT_El90x1. The master browser is stopping or an election is
being forced. 


Regedit Fix;
Regedit on non-PDC machine
        Local Machine
                ->System
                        ->Current Control Set
                                ->Services
                                        ->Browser Parameters

Key1: Maintain Server List = no (on all but PDC)
Key2: Is Domain Master = false (on all but PDC)



William L. Smith
Systems Administrator


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