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renaming computer name same as domain

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by thetechguy

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We are wondering if this is possible in Windows 2000 domain.For example if my domain name is techdomain can i rename a computer to techdomain.

An early reply is appreciated.

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by mike mullins

Absolutely, both computers will have different FQDNs (fully qualified domain names) and different Netbios names and IPs. It's weird, but there is no restriction against this.

Good Luck,
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by thetechguy

This is not possible. We tried this and only option possible is if the machine is part of a workgroup. As it does not belong to the domain it can be renamed to the name same as domain name. If you try the same if the machine is part of a domain you get an error that another netbios name already exists.

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