Oops - just stumbled into this one: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sysinfo/base/computer_names.asp
On Win2k and later DNS name and Netbios name are linked "by convention". That is, having them separate is discouraged, but not impossible. I wonder what we should do about that. Martin -- Martin Wilck Phone: +49 5251 8 15113 Fujitsu Siemens Computers Fax: +49 5251 8 20409 Heinz-Nixdorf-Ring 1 mailto:Martin.Wilck@;Fujitsu-Siemens.com D-33106 Paderborn http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com/primergy