There is a duplicate name on the network

7 Jan 2009 6:05 PM

jimsfield

I bought a used laptop that had XP Pro installed but came without a Windows
disk. The Windows installation became corrupted. I was unable to repair it
so I reloaded XP home. Now I get an error message: there is a duplicate
name on the network. I know this means there are 2 computers that have the
same name and by changing the name of the laptop I can resolve this issue but
I don't want to change the name of the laptop. This occurred because I gave
the laptop the same name it had before I loaded XP home. Renaming it is an
inelegant solution. Where do I go to remove one of the duplicate names? Is
the message coming from my laptop? from my router? or from my desktop which
is on the other computer on the network?

7 Jan 2009 8:42 PM

Jack (MVP-Networking).

Hi
Try to rename the laptop and leave with a new name for few days.
After few days and few reboots try to rename it back to its original name.
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)

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"jimsfield" <jimsfi***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I bought a used laptop that had XP Pro installed but came without a Windows
> disk. The Windows installation became corrupted. I was unable to repair
> it
> so I reloaded XP home. Now I get an error message: there is a duplicate
> name on the network. I know this means there are 2 computers that have
> the
> same name and by changing the name of the laptop I can resolve this issue
> but
> I don't want to change the name of the laptop. This occurred because I
> gave
> the laptop the same name it had before I loaded XP home. Renaming it is
> an
> inelegant solution. Where do I go to remove one of the duplicate names?
> Is
> the message coming from my laptop? from my router? or from my desktop
> which
> is on the other computer on the network?