Your
documentation is Correct. But, first - let me apologize if you feel
at anytime that anyone here is avoiding you or is in anyway upset with
you. Clearly not the case, Mark. As for you smelling bad, well, I
don't know that from personal experience.... ;-)
If you
want to change the Pre-Windows 2000 name (or, the NetBIOS name) right-click on
My Computer -> Properties -> Network Identification -> Properties
The NetBIOS name is the box at the top with your current computer name.
Change at will, click OK a couple of times, restart.
That
should do it!
Rick Kingslan MCSE, MCSA, MCT
Microsoft MVP - Active
Directory
Associate Expert
Expert Zone -
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Abbiss, Mark
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 2:53 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
I dont seem to have much luck with my posts to this
list...have I upset anyone ? have I been blacklisted for some reason ? Do I
smell bad ?
To support my post regarding changing the Pre-Windows 2000 name of a
members server I found this in the Microsoft
documentation....
(URL-http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/server/help/default.asp?url="">
########################################
Computer
accounts
Each computer
account created in Active Directory has a relative distinguished name
, a pre-Windows 2000 computer name (security
account manager account name), a primary DNS suffix, a DNS host name and a
service principal name. The administrator enters the computer name when creating
the computer account. This computer name is used as the LDAP relative
distinguished name.
Active Directory
suggests the pre-Windows 2000 name using the first 15 bytes of the relative
distinguished name. The administrator can change the
pre-Windows 2000 name at any time.
#########################################
Am I
under the misapprehension that a W2K members servers have both a pre-w2k name
and a different name in AD ? If I am, then please except my apologies and I'll
never darken your doors again.
If I
am not a misguided fool, please can someone please point me or throw me in the
direction of the steps I need to take to change the pre-w2k name which Microsoft
say "The administrator can change the pre-Windows 2000
name at any time."
Many,
many thanks,
Mark
Abbiss
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20:28
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Pardons to all! I re-read the original message from Mark, and I may have read WAAAY too much into this. If you're only looking to change the name of a member server, it's a bit easier - DCs however, are pretty touch to change.
Rick Kingslan MCSE, MCSA, MCT
Microsoft MVP - Active Directory
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Kingslan
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 1:00 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Mark,With all due respect, the Pre-Windows 2000 (or NetBIOS name) is the ONLY one that cannot be changed - regardless of what ever level of mess you want to go through.You can change the domain name (the FQDN) of a domain - provided it is still in mixed, by using NT 4.0 DCs to back out Windows 2000 completely (see Q292541). This is not a supported solution, but it can be done. There are other ways, (VBS script was posted here a few weeks to a month ago....) but this seems to be the most straight-forward and least complex (IMHO, they all are messy, and generally suck).As to changing the NetBIOS name - that's another story all together. I've never seen that done, and would be interested in seeing detail from someone who has successfully done it.Rick Kingslan MCSE, MCSA, MCT
Microsoft MVP - Active Directory
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Abbiss, Mark
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 9:49 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'Dear All,I know it can be done (because I have read it in the Microsoft documentation) but I can find where to do it. Please could someone let me know how I can change the pre-windows 2000 name for a computer !Many thanks,Mark Abbiss
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