Create New User to be same as Computer Name

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Guest

Is it possible to create a local user to be the same as the computer name in
XP Pro SP2? Currently, I am not able to. How can I enable that?
 
M

Malke

jmc_0721 said:
Is it possible to create a local user to be the same as the computer
name in
XP Pro SP2? Currently, I am not able to. How can I enable that?
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This is by design because you should not have a computer name identical
to a user account name. If you want to identify computers by users,
choose something like "jack-desktop" with user account "jack".

Malke
 
G

Guest

Thank you for your reply and that answers my question. However, can you
confirm that this is correct? If you have a user in network domain in active
directory that it can match the computer name. Currently, I do not have
problems with that.
 
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Carey Frisch [MVP]

The User Name May Not Be the Same as the Computer Name...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310845/en-us

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| Is it possible to create a local user to be the same as the computer name in
| XP Pro SP2? Currently, I am not able to. How can I enable that?
 
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Bruce Chambers

jmc_0721 said:
Is it possible to create a local user to be the same as the computer name in
XP Pro SP2?
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No, it's not possible.

Currently, I am not able to. How can I enable that?
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You can't.


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G

Guest

Best policy on general-use computers is to name the profile 'user' -then
dialogs look sensible, for example 'Log-off user' looks natural.

Naming computers after users is a Bad Idea anyway. Never name a computer
after a user, or you will have your work cut-out when the user changes, and
every other computer that shares a printer or folder from it has to be
reconfigured.
 

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