Here, we use the serial number (or service tag, for dells) as the machine name. Then to handle the issue Angus describes, we have the primary user's name as the A.D. "Description" field for that machine. Then when the machine changes hands, we just have to change the description field.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 3:54 PM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: Re: Desktop naming conventions > > > On 13 Mar 2003 at 6:11, pavan wrote: > > > Question is, do you folks see any issues in using > service tags as the > > machine names? One major advantage that we gain here is that the > > machine name is unique at any given time. We can read this from the > > BIOS and assign to the system (using a script). > > Yes, I have that at several small clients and it is a PITA > trying to remember which of several identical Dells is DG7W7B11. > I wish I had named them for the desk of the common user. > > Downside to doing that is that when you move a machine to > another person, which typically happens when a new machine is > purchased for someone who needs more power. The oldest, slowest > machine in the shop is not usually theirs, so their machine is > passed to someone else and the name must be changed. > > A > > -- > Angus Scott-Fleming > GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona > 1-520-290-5038 / fax 1-208-248-3124 > http://www.geoapps.com/ > AIM: AngusWSF ICQ: 165646506 > --------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > Angus Scott-Fleming > GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona > 1-520-290-5038 / fax 1-208-248-3124 > http://www.geoapps.com/ > AIM: AngusWSF ICQ: 165646506 > --------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
