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Post #239,918 by Andrew Grygus 12/31/05 2:23:35 AM Reply	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. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #239,919 by Yendor 12/31/05 2:47:47 AM Reply	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
Post #240,014 by CRConrad 1/1/06 5:38:20 PM 1/1/06 5:39:17 PM Reply	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.) [link\|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode\|Christian R. Conrad] (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.) Yes Mr. Garrison, genetic engineering lets us correct God's horrible, horrible mistakes, like German people. - [link\|http://maxpages.com/southpark2k/Episode_105\|Mr. Hat] Edited by CRConrad Jan. 1, 2006, 05:39:17 PM EST Expand All History
Post #240,016 by Andrew Grygus 1/1/06 5:55:13 PM Reply	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! [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #240,020 by pwhysall 1/1/06 6:07:45 PM Reply	It's because you cannot duplicate NetBIOS names. Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #240,021 by Andrew Grygus 1/1/06 6:11:19 PM 1/1/06 6:12:43 PM Reply	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. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx] Edited by Andrew Grygus Jan. 1, 2006, 06:12:43 PM EST Expand All History
Post #240,023 by pwhysall 1/1/06 7:00:29 PM Reply	Users aren't NetBIOS names in W9x, AFAIK Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #240,026 by Andrew Grygus 1/1/06 7:14:02 PM Reply	That is correct - so why are they now? [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #240,067 by pwhysall 1/2/06 12:01:51 AM Reply	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 [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? - (Yendor) - (15) - Dec. 30, 2005, 10:40:43 PM EST

was kids already used? -NT - (boxley) - Dec. 30, 2005, 11:24:54 PM EST

Works fine on my xp box... curious. -NT - (Meerkat) - Dec. 30, 2005, 11:29:19 PM EST

Is the computer name 'kids'? -NT - (inthane-chan) - (12) - Dec. 30, 2005, 11:54:35 PM EST

Ah, that might be it... - (Yendor) - (11) - Dec. 31, 2005, 01:03:10 AM EST

That would absolutely be so. - (Andrew Grygus) - (10) - Dec. 31, 2005, 01:35:53 AM EST

WTF is the reason for that? -NT - (Yendor) - (9) - Dec. 31, 2005, 01:52:57 AM EST

In the Active Directory scheme of things . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (8) - Dec. 31, 2005, 02:23:35 AM EST

Bastardos. -NT - (Yendor) - Dec. 31, 2005, 02:47:47 AM EST

But Active Directory can't be the whole reason for that... - (CRConrad) - (6) - Jan. 1, 2006, 05:39:17 PM EST

No doubt it was being planned. Remember . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - Jan. 1, 2006, 05:55:13 PM EST

It's because you cannot duplicate NetBIOS names. -NT - (pwhysall) - (4) - Jan. 1, 2006, 06:07:45 PM EST

But it worked fine with NetBIOS and Windows 98. - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - Jan. 1, 2006, 06:12:43 PM EST

Users aren't NetBIOS names in W9x, AFAIK -NT - (pwhysall) - (2) - Jan. 1, 2006, 07:00:29 PM EST

That is correct - so why are they now? -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Jan. 1, 2006, 07:14:02 PM EST

Welcome To The Wonderful World Of Windows - (pwhysall) - Jan. 2, 2006, 12:01:51 AM EST

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