dual boot and pc names

[Guest]

hey all

In a dual boot partition, is it ok for both sides to have the same pc name when logging on to a domain

thanks in advance
rodchar

 

[Guest]

I dont see why it wouldn't work... They are not being
used at the same time.

Rob

-----Original Message-----
hey all,

In a dual boot partition, is it ok for both sides to

have the same pc name when logging on to a domain?

 

[Ron Lowe]

hey all,

In a dual boot partition, is it ok for both sides to have the same pc name when logging on to a domain?

thanks in advance,
rodchar

No, you must choose different names and join each instance to the domain as
a seperate entity.

The same 'box' will have different SIDs on each install, and so as far as
the domain is concerned, it's 2 different machines.

The domain will permit the first install with any name to join the domain.
After re-booting another install, the domain will consider it an imposter if
it claims to be the same machine, but with a different SID.

 

[Ovidiu Popa]

No, it's not only the computer name that defines the computer account on the
domain controller. Different windows installation will have different SIDs
therefore, from the domain controller perspective, even if they have the
same name, your two windows installations are different computers.

Ovidiu Popa
MVP