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Why netstat -a show hostname not IP address?

I run netstat -a command in Windows 2003 and 2008 machines and get results in different formats.
The Windows 2008 shows the local address in IP address format, while 2003 shows in host name format. Please see attached for detail.
Q#1. How to toggle the local address between name and IP address formats?

Q#2. What does the following entry mean?

Active Connections7
Proto Local Address Foreign Address State
UDP 0.0.0.0:123 *:*
Q#2.1 What does 0.0.0.0 mean here?
Q#2.2 What does *:* mean here?

Q#3. What does the following entry mean?

Active Connections7
Proto Local Address Foreign Address State

TCP 0.0.0.0:135 EJohnson:0 LISTENING
Q#3.1 What does EJohnson:0 meaning here? (note: EJohnson is the user login name).
Q#3.2 If EJohnson is local machine, why it does not use 127.0.0.1?

Thanks a lot.

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richtree

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Thank you for the explanation.
Can you comment on Q1?
The Windows 2003 shows result like the following:
UDP Actor2:123 *:*
The Windows 2008 shows result like:
UDP 192.168.1.61:123 *:*
Both machine use same DNS server.
Which settings cause the difference in the "local address" part?

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richtree

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Looks like it's related to version of netstat used in different operating system. The version used in Windows 2003 is able to show names of local address, while the version used in Windows 2008 is not.

richtree

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Thank you for your help.