| Event Id | 8020 |
| Source | Browser |
| Description | The browser was unable to promote itself to master browser. The computer that currently believes it is the master browser is unknown. |
| Event Information | Cause: There can be only one computer is allowed to be the master browser, in any workgroup or domain. Resolution: Find out whether any other computer is functioning incorrectly as the master browser. The following information from newsgroup post may help: "This may occur when a winNT system unable to contact BDC, after server comes up. Verify the network connectivity between these servers." |
| Reference Links | Control
Network Browser Elections (Windows NT/2000/XP) 8003 Browsing Errors with UDP Forwarding Windows 2000 browser service.MS Windows NT Browser. Windows NT Browser. |
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