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If you creating a new domain internaly then I would personaly advise the use of companyname.local rather than companyname.com as it can make resolving of some issues much easier later on.<br />
As already advised, you shouls always avoid having a comuputer that has the same computer name as domain name.
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If you creating a new domain internaly then I would personaly advise the use of companyname.local rather than companyname.com as it can make resolving of some issues much easier later on.
As already advised, you shouls always avoid having a comuputer that has the same computer name as domain name.

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Hi,<br />
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can I have same computer name and domain on windows server 2003 r2? e.g. my computer name is 'mycompany' name &nbsp;, can I use mycompany.com as FQDN when installing windows server 2003?<br />
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Please help.<br />
<br />
ayha
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Hi,

can I have same computer name and domain on windows server 2003 r2? e.g. my computer name is 'mycompany' name  , can I use mycompany.com as FQDN when installing windows server 2003?

Please help.

ayha

computer name and domain name

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Windows Server 2003

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Windows Server 2008

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