Event ID 8032 Browser service fails to retrieve backup list

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
"Tom C." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:ees4$(E-Mail Removed)...
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.
"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
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
"Tom C." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:ees4$(E-Mail Removed)...
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