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Duplicate name refers to user names and workgroup names too. You can't have a computer with the same name as a user. The duplicate names refers usualy to netbios name.
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Duplicate name refers to user names and workgroup names too. You can't have a computer with the same name as a user. The duplicate names refers usualy to netbios name.

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You got it! I deleted the dialup setting, since we are on a lan, and back right where we were. This machine never gets restarted, until the other day. I think that it must default back to it because I haven't ever had that to happen.<br />
I didn't have the computer with the same name as a user, although that is good information.<br />
Thank you .
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You got it! I deleted the dialup setting, since we are on a lan, and back right where we were. This machine never gets restarted, until the other day. I think that it must default back to it because I haven't ever had that to happen.
I didn't have the computer with the same name as a user, although that is good information.
Thank you .

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I have an old windows 95 machine on our win2k network that is primarily as a print controller. Recently, the computer cannot be accessed anymore saying that computer \\*** cannot be managed and there is a duplicate name exists on the network. There isn't another computer with that name on the network, so I don't know what it sees. We have a plotter that is shared and it doesn't even list it anymore when I just select the computer that is listed in network neighborhood. I need to print off of this plotter again, but what I can't figure out is why I can't work with this even though the computer shows up in users and computers and is the only one with this name. Any ideas anybody and thanks in advance.
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I have an old windows 95 machine on our win2k network that is primarily as a print controller. Recently, the computer cannot be accessed anymore saying that computer \\*** cannot be managed and there is a duplicate name exists on the network. There isn't another computer with that name on the network, so I don't know what it sees. We have a plotter that is shared and it doesn't even list it anymore when I just select the computer that is listed in network neighborhood. I need to print off of this plotter again, but what I can't figure out is why I can't work with this even though the computer shows up in users and computers and is the only one with this name. Any ideas anybody and thanks in advance.

duplicate name exists on the network

The Windows operating systems have distinct methodologies for designing and implementing networks, and have specific systems to accomplish various networking processes, such as Exchange for email, Sharepoint for shared files and programs, and IIS for delivery of web pages. Microsoft also produces server technologies for networked database use, security and virtualization.