Re: server 2003 - different domain computer using existing name?

2009-03-09 Thread Greg Farber
Thank you Brian, Jim and Ben. Thanks to you, we were able to solve our problem. By... Breaking BBB off from the domain into "workgroup" then changing the name of BBB to AAA then deleting the old instance of AAA from the domain's Active Directory and then reattaching AAA back to the domain did the

Re: server 2003 - different domain computer using existing name?

2009-03-09 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Greg Farber wrote: > 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. By itself, it's neither good nor bad, but you should understand what it d

RE: server 2003 - different domain computer using existing name?

2009-03-09 Thread Kennedy, Jim
m] 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

RE: server 2003 - different domain computer using existing name?

2009-03-09 Thread Brian Desmond
to:gregfar...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 3:09 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

server 2003 - different domain computer using existing name?

2009-03-09 Thread Greg Farber
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 th