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New It's because you cannot duplicate NetBIOS names.


Peter
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New 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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Expand Edited by Andrew Grygus Jan. 1, 2006, 06:12:43 PM EST
New Users aren't NetBIOS names in W9x, AFAIK


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New That is correct - so why are they now?
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New 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.


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     Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? - (Yendor) - (15)
         was kids already used? -NT - (boxley)
         Works fine on my xp box... curious. -NT - (Meerkat)
         Is the computer name 'kids'? -NT - (inthane-chan) - (12)
             Ah, that might be it... - (Yendor) - (11)
                 That would absolutely be so. - (Andrew Grygus) - (10)
                     WTF is the reason for that? -NT - (Yendor) - (9)
                         In the Active Directory scheme of things . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (8)
                             Bastardos. -NT - (Yendor)
                             But Active Directory can't be the whole reason for that... - (CRConrad) - (6)
                                 No doubt it was being planned. Remember . . . - (Andrew Grygus)
                                 It's because you cannot duplicate NetBIOS names. -NT - (pwhysall) - (4)
                                     But it worked fine with NetBIOS and Windows 98. - (Andrew Grygus) - (3)
                                         Users aren't NetBIOS names in W9x, AFAIK -NT - (pwhysall) - (2)
                                             That is correct - so why are they now? -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - (1)
                                                 Welcome To The Wonderful World Of Windows - (pwhysall)

I'm trying to figure out what the proportion of "friendliness" to "menace" is in that post.
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