Duplicate Name

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Marlene

I'm running windows xp and getting an error on startup "A duplicate name
exists on the network" does anyone have a solution??

Thanks!!
Marlene
 
This indicates that there is more than one computer on your LAN with the same "Machine" name.
 
If you have a home network, you may have two systems with
the same computer name, or if you have Road Runner, you
are in a workgroup with your neighbors and you have the
same computer name as one of them. What ever the reason,
change the name by going to Control Panel, double-click
System, select the Computer Name tab and click Change.
Change the name even if its just by adding one or two
characters.
 
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