If you stop the browser service, the BDC will cease to function as the master browser. The PDC usually has this function anyway. It should still authenticate users having wins entries, and as long as the sam is being propagated. Be careful of rogue Win9x boxes, usually laptop users. Sometime the workgroup OS's don't play by the rules.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony L. Sollars" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NT 2000 Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 11:37 AM Subject: RE: Domain Controller loosing network connection If you stop the browser service, the BDC will cease to perform as a BDC. -TOny -----Original Message----- From: Luke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 8:45 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: Domain Controller loosing network connection Hi all, forgive me if this is a double post, but I sent this same question a while back and still aint seen it appear in the list. Basically, we have a number of remote offices, each connected to head office via frame, each office containing at least one BDC. In one particualar office, we are having browse master problems, to the point where the main file/print/BDC just decides to stop taking network requests and needs to be rebooted. Looking at the event log, there are always events leading up to the problem which center around the BDC being told it is the master browser even though it is not, thinking it is the master browser and being told by the other BDC in the office that its not, etc. This leads to browser elections and thats the last relevant event before the server needs to be rebooted. What I notice is that the election always seems to be between the two BDC's so what I am wondering is wether the problem could be relieved by stopping the computer browser service on one of the BDC's in that office . Short of that helping the situation, is there anything else I might try? I have already checked the event log ID's against the knowledge base but have yet to find anything that makes me slap the side of my face in shock asking myself "why didn't I think of that?". These are all NT4 SP6a machines and the frequency of this problem occuring is intermittent at best. Any help is appreciated with this somewhat mysterious problem. Thanks -Luke __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� http://movies.yahoo.com/ ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
