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Here is information on naming conventions for the different types of environments:<br />
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909264" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909264</a><br />
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Hope this helps!<br />
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:o)<br />
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Here is information on naming conventions for the different types of environments:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909264 [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909264]

Hope this helps!

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Bartender_1

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OK I cant use underscore for DNS name but can for NetBios. How do I make the DNS different and will that have any impact
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OK I cant use underscore for DNS name but can for NetBios. How do I make the DNS different and will that have any impact

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If you're running DNS on this server, you'd probably be better off going through the task of renaming it.
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If you're running DNS on this server, you'd probably be better off going through the task of renaming it.

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No I am not running DNS Server on it
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Can I use an underscore in a computername for a server in Window 2003 Server. It is currently Windows 2000 Server. The server name is companyname_server. I need to retain the name as it is our mail server and would require a lot of reconfig. Are there any issues with W2K3 servers as I am going to retain this name
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Can I use an underscore in a computername for a server in Window 2003 Server. It is currently Windows 2000 Server. The server name is companyname_server. I need to retain the name as it is our mail server and would require a lot of reconfig. Are there any issues with W2K3 servers as I am going to retain this name

Underscore in Windows 2003 Server Computername

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).