Event ID 8003 Source: mrxsmb - The Master Browser Has Received a Server Announcement that believes it is the master Browser

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Event ID 8003 contains description as below and it mostly comes on Domain Controller’s and it must be on your Primary Domain Controller or at least a Server holding PDC Emulator role. I am getting this error because of an Microsoft ISA Server 2006.

“The master browser has received a server announcement from the computer <MAC-ISA> that believes that it is the master browser for the domain on transport NetBT_Tcpip_{07365139-D064-41C7-B. The master browser is stopping or an election is being forced.”

As per Microsoft "This computer is a master browser, and another computer has announced that it is the master browser. There can be only one master browser on a subnet at any given time. This message is logged for informational purposes only”.

Solutions:

Identify Culprit First: Look at the System Event log on your server and look for the error 8003. Within that log, identify the “computer” that is announcing itself as a master browser.
  1. If your identified computer is an [Read More .. ]

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