The backup browser is stopping???

Thank you for reviewing this post..

I'm running a fairly fresh install of Windows 7 (installed 2 or so months ago) which lately has been randomly locking-up/freezing. I don't even get a response from ctrl+alt+del, so I'm forced to do a hard reboot.

Anyway I looked in events viewer and wondered if these instances had any bearing:

The browser service was unable to retrieve a list of servers from the browser master \\Owner on the network \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{############################}.

Browser master: \\Owner
Network: \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{################################}

This event may be caused by a temporary loss of network connectivity. If this message appears again, verify that the server is still connected to the network. The return code is in the Data text box.
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The resulting error from this warning is as follows:

The browser service has failed to retrieve the backup list too many times on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{###########################}. The backup browser is stopping.
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This is a single computer in a home without a network. I had found a solution on Google, tried it, and but then within a few days it returned. I am just a home computer guy .. what the heck is this all about and how can I fix it??

Thank you so very much for your time.

Don
Tucson, AZ