Domain user-Duplicate PC name in the network

akaki · 06-30-2008, 03:03 AM

Hi Guyes,
I am using win 2003 sever with some clients(win XP) PC as domain user. So, every user's name exist in the active directory & all PC's are stored in separate list.

But, I've formatted 1 PC ("abc") & install XP professional & want to make domain user. But, I was getting an error that, "abc" alredy exist in the network. So, I delete "abc" from the server & also the user from active directory.

But, still I m getting same error. So, is "abc" stored anywhere elase, that I need to delete?

Please help...

matt261102 · 06-30-2008, 06:10 AM

You could try deleting the computer from the DNS record, and also the DHCP address leases.

akaki · 06-30-2008, 11:50 PM

Hi Matt,
Actually I've deleted that PC from the container of Active Directory. But, that PC was not in the DNS List & how can I found the "DHCP address leases"?
Is there any registry file where server store all the computer names?

settle · 07-02-2008, 12:47 AM

Hey akaki,

Matt was correct. You just go and see the DNS entries.

06-30-2008, 03:03 AM	#1 (permalink)
akaki Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 141 OS: win 2003 server	Domain user-Duplicate PC name in the network Hi Guyes, I am using win 2003 sever with some clients(win XP) PC as domain user. So, every user's name exist in the active directory & all PC's are stored in separate list. But, I've formatted 1 PC ("abc") & install XP professional & want to make domain user. But, I was getting an error that, "abc" alredy exist in the network. So, I delete "abc" from the server & also the user from active directory. But, still I m getting same error. So, is "abc" stored anywhere elase, that I need to delete? Please help...

06-30-2008, 06:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
matt261102 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 155 OS: XP, Vista, Server2003, Fedora	Re: Domain user-Duplicate PC name in the network You could try deleting the computer from the DNS record, and also the DHCP address leases.

06-30-2008, 11:50 PM	#3 (permalink)
akaki Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 141 OS: win 2003 server	Re: Domain user-Duplicate PC name in the network Hi Matt, Actually I've deleted that PC from the container of Active Directory. But, that PC was not in the DNS List & how can I found the "DHCP address leases"? Is there any registry file where server store all the computer names?

07-02-2008, 12:47 AM	#4 (permalink)
settle Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 27 OS: XP SP2	Re: Domain user-Duplicate PC name in the network Hey akaki, Matt was correct. You just go and see the DNS entries.