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did you check if the hostname is really unique?<br />
did you clone some machines (OS clone)?
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did you check if the hostname is really unique?
did you clone some machines (OS clone)?

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Getting this &quot;You were not connected because a duplicate name exists on the network. Go to System in the control panel to change the computer name and try again.&quot; This is error occurs when trying to map to a server and it occurs only on XP machines. Windows 7 PCs are not having this issue.
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Getting this "You were not connected because a duplicate name exists on the network. Go to System in the control panel to change the computer name and try again." This is error occurs when trying to map to a server and it occurs only on XP machines. Windows 7 PCs are not having this issue.

Error: You were not connected because a duplicate name exists on the network.

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Windows XP

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