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by sameer_adhikari

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hi my name is sameer. i work in a MNC co. as an network eng. i am facing a problem.the problem is this one of our user is getting a message duplicate computer name. only he is getting this error. i had check with all the the user, that they are getting this type of error they said on.
i had tried to change the name of the computer but no change th the situation. can u help me?

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by gigelul

Hi,
I need more detail about Workstation OS, Server OS and Network.
To establish a trust relationship:
-Check in Server Manager for the name of the workstation and remove it
-Go to the workstation, logon as Local Admin and in Network properties \ Change \ Set the workstation as member of workgroup.
-Reboot computer
-Logon again as Local Admin and in Network properties set the workstation as member of domain. Also enable the option and give the name and password of the Domain Admin account.
-Reboot computer

by alabridy

You can try this command on the Domain controler

NET COMPUTER \\badcomputername /del

by joseph moore

You might also want to check the WINS server database. There could be a duplicate name entry in WINS. If so, then remove the entry from there (mark it Tombstoned).

hope this helps

by trippin

unjoin from domain, del computer name from domain..do a sysprep for pc. rename it and join back domain.. or esle just give it a new computer name.. simple....

by grey_woolf

There IS a computer by the same name on the network somewhere. If you are a "Network Engineer", you get paid to much to go looking for needles in haystacks. Rename the computer, and move on.

by maxwell edison

Try deleting the user name from the domain in user manager, then (after rebooting everything) recreate that user.

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