The Master Browser election setting is in the registry: HKLM/System/CurrentControlSet/Services/Browser/Parameters/MaintainServerList It should be set to Auto. Then you can add the value IsMasterBrowser and set it to 1 to make that machine a master browser. Answer from mysticpawn on reddit.com
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September 4, 2014 - I sometimes lose all computers on the Windows 7 computers when displaying the network under the My Computer icon. Restarting the computers will fix the problem. The Windows XP computer will display all the computers in the network neighborhood fine. By using a browser utility tool, one of the Windows 7 computer, that is barely used, is the master browser.
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March 27, 2015 -
I am having trouble with losing network shares on my wireless streaming media device. Research suggests it's because my laptop is not the master browser, and instead the media player is. I need to force it to recognise my computer as the master browser, but all the guides on google are complete gibberish to me. I need to have it explained step by step.
Can anyone help?
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The Master Browser election setting is in the registry: HKLM/System/CurrentControlSet/Services/Browser/Parameters/MaintainServerList It should be set to Auto. Then you can add the value IsMasterBrowser and set it to 1 to make that machine a master browser.
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I'm not sure what you are asking. However, this might help http://blogs.msdn.com/b/e7/archive/2009/05/12/media-streaming-with-windows-7.aspx
Need to make Win 7 machine the preferred master browser.
How do I force a computer to be the Master Browser?
Is there any way to reset the Master ... Master Browser? Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Internet and connectivity · Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Internet and connectivity ... Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question. ... Thanks for the link. The article refers mostly to NT and XP. Do you know if it also applies to Win 7 and Server ... More on answers.microsoft.com
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October 30, 2012Windows 7 Pro Workstation tries to be Master Browser
I have one Windows 7 Pro machine on our small Network We have WIndows 2003 Server as master Browser/DNS/DHCP All other workstations are XP pro - no problems with them. Every now and again, I get this error message in the server logs (Event Viewer - System logs) “The master browser has received ... More on community.spiceworks.com
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September 13, 2010Computer geeks: Force Master Browser selection Win7? | Random Thoughts | Hayabusa Owners Group
How do I force a WIN7 machine in a workgroup to be the Master Browser? I can find all kinds of info on how to do it in the XP registry but not WIN7. What happens is, I have one WIN7 machine that is normally on all the time, and that one is my preferred MB. However, in a power outage... More on hayabusa.org
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May 5, 2025 - When computer 1 or 3 are acting as the master browser, there is no problems seeing the other computers in the workgroup. Computer 4 never acts as the master browser, because as I understand, windows 7 trumps XP in this regard (nor do I want it to have master browser status as it is a laptop).
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December 27, 2018 - I have a NetGear Nighthawk router and on another page I read that if I turn on readyshare SMB that it will take the master browser position. I am going to try it since 1703 has royally screwed my SMB shares. Unfortunately I don’t have any machines that I leave running that are older than 1703. I’m a linux admin so i could build a box, but it seems a waste to have a box running 24×7 just to fix SMB sharing when my router and two 1703 machines are always running. Reply ... I`m running an old Windows XP in a VM (VMWare Player) as a master browser for my Win 7 and Win 10 machines…
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It appears to work fine, and I have menu choices from the script to allow me to check which computer is master browser before I force the election. A copy of the batch file is attached. If it were to be used for a peer-to-peer network with workgroup/domain other than WORKGROUP, I believe the batch file would need to be modified to either plug in the proper domain name or add code to automatically figure it out. ... System Manufacturer/Model Number: Custom OS: Windows 7 Professional 64bit CPU: Intel i5 2500 Motherboard: ASUS P8P67 Memory: 16GB Graphics Card: Gigabyte GV-R577UB-1GD Monitor(s) Displays: Samsung SyncMaster 931B Hard Drives: 3ea WD Caviar Black 1TB SATA III Corsair CMFSSD-128GBG2D Internet Speed: 30-30 Mbps
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June 24, 2021 - <7> Section 2.1.1.2: Windows–based servers attempt to register the machine group name three times; if all attempts fail, it can be concluded that another server is already the master browser server for this domain.
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Bucket-O-Notes: Find the Master Browser on a Windows 7 machine.
June 14, 2013 - for /f "delims=\= " %C in ('net view ^| find "\\"') do @echo -Checking %C && @nbtstat -a %C | find "MSBROWSE" The master browser(s) will be displayed like this: -Checking SOMESERVERNAME ..__MSBROWSE__.<01> GROUP Registered If you have a server acting as a browser and it's not supposed to, you may want to change the following registry settings: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Browser] "IsMasterBrowser"="False" "MaintainServerList"="No" You can find more information on Microsoft's website here: TechNet Specifying Browser Computers *Note: You may have to run this command more than once if a browser election is taking place.
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Try setting this key in registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Browser\Parameters
Create a string IsDomainMaster and set it to FALSE.
After a reboot it shouldn’t try to become a master browser anymore.
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I have one Windows 7 Pro machine on our small Network
We have WIndows 2003 Server as master Browser/DNS/DHCP
All other workstations are XP pro - no problems with them.
Every now and again, I get this error message in the server logs (Event Viewer - System logs)
“The master browser has received a server announcement from the computer computername that believes that it is the master browser for the domain on transport NetBT_Tcpip_{6D8B304B-8CD4-41A8. The master browser is stopping or an election is being forced.”
There appear to be no other related errors, and all machines work fine
This tends to happen when the Win7 machine is the first to log on in the morning - we turn all workstations off overnight.
Do I need to do anything?
Thanks
Ed
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March 25, 2013 - Stop (and disable) the 'Computer Browser' service on all the other machines except the Win 7 box. Click to expand... I would have to remotely edit each systems registry which would take awhile. Last night when everyone was gone I shut the system down and restarted in sequence, and the machine I want is the master again (I found a cool little tool someone wrote that quieries the entire system to tell me who the master is).
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Forcing Master Browser
If that fixes the problem but then the problem comes back after you re-install a browser there, then remove all browsers from your intended master and then re-install them. I have found that the sequence of installing can have significant impacts on what application is chosen. You're referring to something else. PJP is referring to the domain browser. If you start a single Windows PC, with no network connection, and WORKGROUP=workgroup, the PC tries to go onto the network and it asks "Who is the Boss".
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[MS-BRWS]: Domain Master Browser Details | Microsoft Learn
The domain master browser registers the <domain>[0x1B] records to the WINS server if the browser protocol is implemented in a domain with WINS. For more information, see [MS-ADTS] section 6.3.4. The Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) server ensures that the network transport address of the machine that registered the <domain>[0x1B] address is always the first address returned when the <domain>[0x1C] address is queried.<63>
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June 26, 2015 - Event log errors on PC's are; the browser service was unable to retrieve a list of servers from the browser master \\PCname Why has a standard PC become the browse master? Something to be concerned about?
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Can't access workgroup - master browser problem ? :: SG FAQ
Sometimes, in a Windows workgroup environment the network places, workgroup and shared folders may become inaccessible because of one machine on the network...
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Workgroup Master Browser Problem and Question - Empty Net Neighborhood Windows 7 64bits workgroup after upgrading last computer yet with Vista 32bit - Microsoft Q&A
October 19, 2010 - Last Friday I remove the Windows ... to Windows 7 and connected it back to the network. When I began to reconnect network drives and shares, all net neighborhood of all computers (the new and the other 5) are just showing empty. I still can connect to the shares using the \server_name\share way but no matter what I do I can't make the computers show up on the net neighborhood and this is kind of irritating the client. It seems that the Vista computer was the master browser and somehow ...
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NetBios - Master Browser - Software & Applications - Spiceworks Community
April 15, 2016 - I’ve come across some errors regarding “master browser” in a client machine. The computer names that are being referred to, are other client machines about browser election. I’m still Googling about what the master brows…
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September 2, 2015 - Rebooted the AC87U and was able to get the Windows 7 machine talking again, but then about an hour later it was offline. Checked the eventlog and the Master Browser messages matched up with when the computer went "offline" each time. Ended up disabling the Master Browser service in Windows 7 and no more drops.