This is single DC small office LAN running W2K3 server as the DC. I had a
second server running Win2000 server that was also configured as a DC, but I
just demoted this to member server. Since the demotion, the Win2000 server
is writing the system event log every two hours with this error: The browser
service has failed to retrieve the backup list too many times on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{94C57B8C-4970-401B-A6E2-DF3ABF02A935}. The backup
browser is stopping.

How do I stop this error from occurring? Thanks. -- tom c

You may want to use browstat to check the master browser status. Or disable the windows 2000 as master browser. these search results may help,

Event ID Troubleshooting
      Event ID 2504, 2505, 8021 and 8032 - Inability to Browse ... Event id: 8032 - The browser service has failed to retrieve the backup list too many times ...
      http;//www.chicagotech.net/wineventid.htm -  

Computer Browser
      2) Event id: 8032 and Description: The browser service has failed to retrieve the backup list too many times on transport of <protocol_netcard>. ...
      http://www.chicagotech.net/browser.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
  This is single DC small office LAN running W2K3 server as the DC. I had a
  second server running Win2000 server that was also configured as a DC, but I
  just demoted this to member server. Since the demotion, the Win2000 server
  is writing the system event log every two hours with this error: The browser
  service has failed to retrieve the backup list too many times on transport
  \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{94C57B8C-4970-401B-A6E2-DF3ABF02A935}. The backup
  browser is stopping.

  How do I stop this error from occurring? Thanks. -- tom c

Thanks for this, Robert. I ran browstat and saw that the DC is the master browser, and then there are two other Win2K3 servers that are acting as backup browsers. So I decided to disable the Win2000 server as a browser backup.
  You may want to use browstat to check the master browser status. Or disable the windows 2000 as master browser. these search results may help,

  Event ID Troubleshooting
        Event ID 2504, 2505, 8021 and 8032 - Inability to Browse ... Event id: 8032 - The browser service has failed to retrieve the backup list too many times ...
        http;//www.chicagotech.net/wineventid.htm -  

  Computer Browser
        2) Event id: 8032 and Description: The browser service has failed to retrieve the backup list too many times on transport of <protocol_netcard>. ...
        http://www.chicagotech.net/browser.htm


  Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
  Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
  How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
    This is single DC small office LAN running W2K3 server as the DC. I had a
    second server running Win2000 server that was also configured as a DC, but I
    just demoted this to member server. Since the demotion, the Win2000 server
    is writing the system event log every two hours with this error: The browser
    service has failed to retrieve the backup list too many times on transport
    \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{94C57B8C-4970-401B-A6E2-DF3ABF02A935}. The backup
    browser is stopping.

    How do I stop this error from occurring? Thanks. -- tom c

TOM C. wrote :  
So I decided to disable the Win2000 server as a browser backup


how do I disable win 2003 as browser backup?

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