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- DOCUMENT:Q100320 21-JUN-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :PRB: "...Duplicate Name Exists on the Network..." Error
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:
-
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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-
- When installing Windows NT Advanced Server or Windows NT on a new
- machine that you want to add to a domain, if you use a machine name
- that already exists on the network, Setup will continue normally up to
- the point where it starts the network. At this point, you will receive
- the following error message:
-
- A duplicate name exists on the network. This error prevented the
- network from starting. As a result, you will be unable to join a
- domain at the present time.
-
- Because of this error, you are unable to join the domain you planned
- on joining. You will be prompted with a dialog box giving you the
- option of starting your own domain, or joining another domain. If you
- start you own domain, there is no way to join the existing domain at a
- later date. If you abort this dialog box, it completely aborts Setup.
-
- Workaround
- ----------
-
- In Windows NT, temporarily join a workgroup. At a later date, you will
- be able to change the machine name and join the domain. In Windows NT
- Advanced Server, this is not an option. There is no way, other than
- during installation, to select a machine name. You must abort Setup.
- Then you will have to start the setup process again and use a machine
- name that does not exist on the network.
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10 stp netsrv
-
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