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A duplicate name exists on the network?

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jakein2008

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Jan 22, 2009, 11:18:05 AM1/22/09
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A duplicate name exists on the network?

After I change my computer name and workgroup name ,and start again, it give
me the same error message again: A duplicate name exists on the network?

Please help me how to get rid of this problem?

Thanks.

Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]

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Jan 22, 2009, 3:48:42 PM1/22/09
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Hello jakein2008,

Seems that there is another machine with the same name.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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Phillip Windell

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Jan 22, 2009, 6:25:33 PM1/22/09
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If there is no other machine with that name then you need to go into WINS
and DNS and cleanup any "stale" entries with that name. Then from a
commandline on the machine you are dealing with run "ipconfig /flushdns".
Then reboot the machine and it will re-register itself in DNS and WINS with
"fresh" entries. If it does not register itself right click on the Network
Connection and choose "Repair".

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Alister

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Jan 23, 2009, 2:57:20 AM1/23/09
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On Jan 22, 11:25 pm, "Phillip Windell" <philwind...@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> If there is no other machine with that name then you need to go into WINS
> and DNS and cleanup any "stale" entries with that name.   Then from a
> commandline on the machine you are dealing with run "ipconfig /flushdns".
> Then reboot the machine and it will re-register itself in DNS and WINS with
> "fresh" entries.  If it does not register itself right click on the Network
> Connection and choose "Repair".
>
> --
> Phillip Windellwww.wandtv.com
>
> The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
> or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
> "jakein2008" <jakein2...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>
> news:A18C30A3-3080-497B...@microsoft.com...
>
> >A duplicate name exists on the network?
>
> > After I change my computer name and workgroup name ,and start again, it
> > give
> > me the same error message again: A duplicate name exists on the network?
>
> > Please help me how to get rid of this problem?
>
> > Thanks.

What he said...

You may also want to clear the netbios cache on the local machine:
from a command prompt type nbtstat -RR and press enter.

Also note that any entries in WINS and DNS take some time to clear, so
if you change the name back to a pre-existing one and immediately try
to join the Domain / Workgroup you may get the message you received.
You may have to wait up to 15 minutes for the rest of the network to
catch up!!

Alister

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