When you double-click My Network Places in Windows 2000, an incomplete browse list is displayed.
Computers that do NOT have File and Print Sharing enabled do NOT appear in the browse list.
If a Windows 2000 domain controller has File and Print Sharing disabled, Windows 2000-based computers that try to use the browse list receive Event ID 8032:
The browser service has failed to retrieve the backup list too many times on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{XXXXXXX-9F03-42B2-AB84-12EEEFD572E9}. The backup browser is stopping.A Windows 2000 client
that tries to browse
My Network Places my receive:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: BROWSER
Event Category: None
Event ID: 8032
Date: 2/16/2000
Time: 10:22:31 AM
User: N/A
Computer: <ComputerName>
Description: The browser service has failed to retrieve the backup list too many times
on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{XXXXXXX-9F03-42B2-AB84-12EEEFD572E9}.
The backup browser is stopping.
Data: 0000: 0000007aOn a Windows 2000
DC that has
File and Print Sharing
disabled:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Server
Event Category: None
Event ID: 2504
Date: 2/16/2000
Time: 11:59:22 AM
User: N/A
Computer: <ComputerName>
Description: The server could not bind to the transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{XXXXXXX-F096-4E5C-A847-F8F095C45053}.
Data: 0000: aa 05 00 00
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Server
Event Category: None
Event ID: 2505
Date: 2/16/2000
Time: 11:59:31 AM
User: N/A
Computer: <ComputerName>
Description: The server could not bind to the transport \Device\NetbiosSmb because
another computer on the network has the same name. The server could not start.
Data: 0000: 34 00 00 00 4...When
File and Print Sharing is disabled or not installed, the
Server service does
NOT bind to the
NetBios interface. If the computer becomes a backup browser, it is unable
to share out the browse list to clients.
Any computer that is to be included in a browse list must have File and Print Sharing enabled.