Post #239,901
12/30/05 10:40:43 PM
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
So as I alluded to [link|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=239407|here], I've purchased a new computer. It's for my step-children. So I finally get Winblows installed on the thing, and get to the step of setting up usernames. OK, no big deal. I'm administering the machine. So first username is "mike". It's for the chitluns. Second username is "kids". Click "Next". - Names must be no more than 20 characters
- Names must not contain the characters " * + , / : ; < = > ? [ \\ ] |
- Names cannot just be all spaces and periods
- Names must each be different
- Names must not be equal to "KIDS", "Administrator" or "Guest"
Eh? I buy a computer for use by my kids, and I can't name their user account "kids"? YTH not? -YendorMike
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- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
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Post #239,904
12/30/05 11:24:54 PM
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was kids already used?
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Post #239,905
12/30/05 11:29:19 PM
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Works fine on my xp box... curious.
Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
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Post #239,909
12/30/05 11:54:35 PM
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Is the computer name 'kids'?
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Post #239,913
12/31/05 1:03:10 AM
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Ah, that might be it...
I believe so.
-YendorMike
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
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Post #239,916
12/31/05 1:35:53 AM
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That would absolutely be so.
I have modified my computer names for 2000 and XP to always add a number after the name, as in badger1. This allows me to have a user named badger.
You can go into Control Panel / System / Network Identity and change the name from Kids to Kids1.
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Post #239,917
12/31/05 1:52:57 AM
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WTF is the reason for that?
-YendorMike
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
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Post #239,918
12/31/05 2:23:35 AM
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In the Active Directory scheme of things . . .
. . machines can be entities in the directory structure just like users. It'd be like having two users with the same name.
Now you might contemplate the insanity of forcing everyone from home users on up through small and medium business to major corporations to all conform to a structure designed for the likes of General Motors, but Microsoft was certain that wouldn't be a problem because nobody would have any choice.
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Post #239,919
12/31/05 2:47:47 AM
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Bastardos.
-YendorMike
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
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Post #240,014
1/1/06 5:38:20 PM
1/1/06 5:39:17 PM
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But Active Directory can't be the whole reason for that...
...can it? Because ISTR that NT4 had the same limitation -- and AFAIK that predates AD.
(OTOH, could be my memory that's faulty. [Edit:] I haven't done anywhere near enough weed, it seems.)
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Edited by CRConrad
Jan. 1, 2006, 05:39:17 PM EST
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Post #240,016
1/1/06 5:55:13 PM
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No doubt it was being planned. Remember . . .
Windows NT was about to take over the corporate world and wipe Unix and mainframes off the map - and every magazine columnist and pundit agreed that's what would happen.
"Y2K won't be a problem because the last mainframe will be unplugged by then."
Somehow the dinosaurs didn't die and some pesky penguin has been eating up most of the Unix conversions. How could so many leading pundits have been wrong? It just doesn't seem possible
But behold mighty Vista and tremble!
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Post #240,020
1/1/06 6:07:45 PM
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It's because you cannot duplicate NetBIOS names.
Peter
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Post #240,021
1/1/06 6:11:19 PM
1/1/06 6:12:43 PM
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But it worked fine with NetBIOS and Windows 98.
I named dozens of machines and used the same name as the user login under '95 and '98 with no problem - and also with OS/2 using NetBIOS plain and NetBEUI over TCP/IP.
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Post #240,023
1/1/06 7:00:29 PM
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Users aren't NetBIOS names in W9x, AFAIK
Peter
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Post #240,026
1/1/06 7:14:02 PM
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That is correct - so why are they now?
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Post #240,067
1/2/06 12:01:51 AM
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Welcome To The Wonderful World Of Windows
Also, because there's no real sense of "users" in Windows 9x terms over and above a .pwl file.
Peter
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