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Can't open web page since changed computer name

We purchased a second computer and I loaded front page. I tried to open the web page that I had created an now I get an 'invalid host name' error. The computer it is now on does have a different name. How can I open my web page - or change the host name associated with that page? I'm a Frontpage novice - so step-by-step would be appreciated.

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- rename your computer

OR

- create a new FP web on the computer with a different name, FP will ten list all webs on it, including the ones you made before

Change your NT hostname to the old name.
You do this from control panel - Network - Protocol - TCP/IP - DNS - host name entry.
Make sure that your old machine hostname is changed to something else.
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There has to be a solution other than changing the computer name. This isn't always an option. What if I want to bring my web page to a laptop to work on it while I'm travelling - or copy the web page to someone else to load on their computer.

I did 'solve' my problem by creating a new web page and importing the old one. This seemed to work - but certainly didn't see to be a very 'clean' solution.

Thanks for the answer - but it wasn't what I was looking for.
I reckon cokman is right.
Try changing your host name in your network settings to that on your first computer. Create a new web and import it all.
(Does http://localhost/.... work in MS IExplorer? it can make a difference to the tcpip stack - so I'm told.)
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Thanks for the answer - as you can see in my last comment - that's just what I did - it works fine - just seemed a little odd that the computer name would be attached with my web page file and not let me change it.