Yep. Did the reg hack and the DNS CNAME and XP is now happy. And just like that my users older (over 5+yr) data files have gone from 235GB total available on a SAN drive to 3.5TB on RAID 5 SATA.
From: Ken Cornetet [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 8:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: UNC to DNS alias.. DisableStrictNameChecking and either of these: 1. Create CNAME in DNS (and optionally, WINS entry) for the new name. Does not work on domain controllers (at least it didn't as of server 2003) 2. Create NETBIOS alias (no longer supported) HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanManServer\Parameters REG_Multi_String=OptionalNames Ken Cornetet 812.482.8499 To err is human - to moo, bovine. From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]]<mailto:[mailto:[email protected]]> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 10:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: UNC to DNS alias.. I have a server that I want to be able to have users UNC to it under a name other than the host name. We discussed this previously but I don't have that thread anymore. I thought it was disable distinct name checking but Google-Fu isn't helping me. Server name: ServerJoeBob UNC I want XP and Win7 users to use: Archives Win7 plays nice, XP complains of a duplicate name on the network. David Lum Systems Engineer // NWEATM Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
