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Where is Computer Description in Win2K

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by dogcatcher 1 view

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The network identification tab in Windows 98 provides a way to enter descriptive information about a computer. This info might be the type of PC, its property number, or its building location. The data entered appears as a comment in a detail viewof computers on the network.

The dialog box seems to be missing in Windows 2000, and I've not discovered a registry key (existing or new) that will enable display of the descriptive information as with Win98.

Interestingly, the Win98 info displays on a Win2000 network.

Is there a way in Windows 2000 to enter descriptive info about the PC?

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by joseph moore

Yes, there are a couple of ways to do this.
The fast way is to open up a Command PRompt and type in:

NET CONFIG SERVER /SRVCOMMENT:"your text here"

Hit Enter when you are done. That's it.

hope this helps

by dogcatcher

Thank you. Your method does the job.

Why Microsoft chose to hide a srvcomment string under the lanmanserver parameters instead of with the computer name is not obvious to me. Since I was thinking worsktation rather than server, I didn't find the answer in the MS Knowledgebase.

I appreciate your help.

by jimmy

Sorry but am i missing something here.
If you simply right click the My Computer icon on the desktop for Windows2k you are presented with choices, including making the PC part of a Workgroup or Join a Domain.
There is also the option you are looking for here to rename the PC etc.
I believe the example you should see are something like PC description Kitchen Computer and PC name Mary's PC.
Whatever name you give it will appear in Active Directory.
Hope this helps

by dogcatcher

Re-naming the computer was not the issue. I wanted to add descriptions for the computers in a workgroup. Win98 and WinXP provide dialogue boxes for this; Win2K does not.

by jimmy

Sorry but am i missing something here.
If you simply right click the My Computer icon on the desktop for Windows2k you are presented with choices, including making the PC part of a Workgroup or Join a Domain.
There is also the option you are looking for here to rename the PC etc.
I believe the example you should see are something like PC description Kitchen Computer and PC name Mary's PC.
Whatever name you give it will appear in Active Directory.
Hope this helps

by jimmy

Sorry but am i missing something here.
If you simply right click the My Computer icon on the desktop for Windows2k you are presented with choices, including making the PC part of a Workgroup or Join a Domain.
There is also the option you are looking for here to rename the PC etc.
I believe the example you should see are something like PC description Kitchen Computer and PC name Mary's PC.
Whatever name you give it will appear in Active Directory.
Hope this helps

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