the way we change it to recently, was we put a label on every workstation with a unique 3 digit number on it, when we renamed the machines, i prefixed the number with TRV. the main reason for this so that it looks nice and tidy in network neighbourhood. with the servers, i have just named them as to what their function is, ie "email-outgoing"
when the user phones up with a problem, all i have to ask is what the machine number is, and they just read off the number. the users dont actually know that there is a TRV in front. although are very dumb most of the time :D sorry, thought i'd put my moneys worth in :D John Sparrow IT Support Assistant Computer Department Travco Ltd, London <http://www.travco.co.uk> -----Original Message----- From: Greg Page [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 1:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Workstation Naming Standards Or the serial number. Greg -----Original Message----- From: Kelly Borndale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 5:57 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Workstation Naming Standards Serial numbers tend to be a PITA, when troubleshooting. Stick with a dept/username combo, trust me. Users often dn't know how to figure out the computer name. -K ----- 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/ 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/
