Serial numbers are the way to go or service tag #. For me here, I use TOR for toronto and then the service tag#. for ex. TOR34FG3405.
Paul Dhamrait Technical Support Specialist MCSE, MCP, A+ First Data Corporation 905-602-3500 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Langevin, Rene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 1:50 PM Subject: RE: Workstation Naming Standards Hi, Here we use serial number of the computer and in the description, it's the department name - phone extension. Since we only have IBM workstation, we shouldn't have two identical s/n... René -----Original Message----- From: Osama S. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 1:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Workstation Naming Standards hi, we will be deploying Win2K from scratch on the user's machines (around 700) replacing NT 4. SO I was reviewing our machine naming convention. Our Offices are located in two cities, one single domain. So far we would use something like "CityName-Department-User Real Name" (where city name and department are abbrevations) to name workstations. Usually the NT Names are the users Company ID, which is unique. I was wondering how you guys/girls are naming your workstations and users. regards Uso Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/ Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/ Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/
