Weird Problem in WinXP with NetBIOS name

[Eric]

Hi,

I have a winXP system that seems to change its netbios
name every few seconds. I've done a nbtstat -A IP
address and it returns a different name each time.

The system has all current patches applied and has been
scanned with a current anti-virus program both locally
and from the internet.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

Eric

 

[Marc Reynolds [MSFT]]

Hi,

What happens if you go to the troubled XP client and run nbtstat -n several
times does the name still change or does it remain the same? If it remains
the same - is it plugged into a switch? Try moving it to a hub.

Thanks,
Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support

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[Guest]

Hi,

On the trobled system, if I do just a nbtstat it returns
the correct name, but if I do a nbtstat -A IP address,
the names are different each time. One other interesting
note, is that I only have one nic card in the system, but
the MAC address returned varies between 3 values. Very
strange.