I don't think this is a big deal really to reuse a desktop name. First check ADUC and make sure there are no duplicate names. You might find the old one with a red X on it. If so delete that one. Rename it and boot it and I will bet a box of powdered donuts you will be fine.
If you want to be super safe and take a few extra steps: 1) Remove it from the domain. Reboot. 2) Rename it to CCC. Reboot. 3) Go into ADUC and remove all the 'AAA' and 'BBB' names. 4) Rename to AAA and join the domain. From: Greg Farber [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 4:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: server 2003 - different domain computer using existing name? Hi. I have a computer on my windows server 2003 domain called "AAA". It runs XP pro, in a PC that we got from our equipment vendor (it is a specialized faxing/emailing computer). We had an issue with AAA and had to get a replacement from the vendor. I named the replacement machine BBB and joined the domain. There is a problem: It seems that a proprietary application is running on another computer, which is compiled to look for the machine called AAA. (it cannot look for numeric addresses) Question: I thought it was bad to "recycle" the same computer name to a different computer when joining a domain, but that seems to be what this situation requires. Is this true? or is there a good way I should go about renaming BBB to AAA? Thanks for any insight. Greg ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
