Help with unknown network name

[Guest]

Hi,
I am running Windows 2003 on my domain controller. When I open windown explorer and open my network places>entire network>microsoft windows network I see two unusual names (with the network icon) listed along with my domain name listed there. How can I find out who put that there? When I click on it it says " msHome is not accessible. you might not have permission to access the network resources ...." How can I avoid this in the future? I am currently logged on as the domain admin.

Thanks

 

[Doug Sherman [MVP]]

Most likely the MSHome icon is from a non-domain member laptop which was
temporarily attached to the network or it is left over from a computer which
was only recently joined to the domain. If computers frequently connect and
disconnect, the browse list will frequently be out of date. It can take 72
minutes for a browse list entry to be removed after the computer disconnects
from the network. See:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;188001

MSHome is a workgroup name. You might be able to find the name of the
computer by checking the DHCP lease list or the DNS zone records. Any
Windows computer which can physically connect to your network will get an IP
address from a DHCP server and if it has NetBIOS enabled, it will appear in
the browse list.

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

Hi,
I am running Windows 2003 on my domain controller. When I open windown

explorer and open my network places>entire network>microsoft windows network
I see two unusual names (with the network icon) listed along with my domain
name listed there. How can I find out who put that there? When I click on
it it says " msHome is not accessible. you might not have permission to
access the network resources ...." How can I avoid this in the future? I am
currently logged on as the domain admin.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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