duplicate name in event log

[andykg]

our PDC rebooted itself earlier because it thought another PC with the same computer name came online, trouble is there wasnt another PC with the same name. Any ideas where this rogue pc name came from?

I did a nbtstat -n the administrator <03> said conflict
the other <03> said registered.


How can i get rid of the conflict entry??? the WINS server is also the PDC

help

 

[Jpoandl]

Whats the event viewer message? It sounds like you may have a situation where multiple users login to your network using the userid &quot;ADMINISTRATOR&quot;. Joseph L. Poandl
MCSE 2000

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[andykg]

the event log message was
Event ID: 4319
Source: NetBT
Type: Error
Description: A duplicate name has been detected on the TCP network. The IP address of the machine that sent the message is in the data. Use nbtstat -n in a command window to check which name is in the conflict state.

I worked out that the IP address was the PDC so basically its conflicting with itself???

Im 99 percent sure no one else has changed their computer name to that of the server to cause the error.

 

[HEX1000]

delete wins database, restart wins service, reboot wins clients. That will reset the cached NBT names.

 

[Jpoandl]

Here's the official Technet article and resolution:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q242/0/53.ASP

(More information about this:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q120/7/52.asp

)

This explains why you might get this error message in event viewer. In many cases, this is caused simply because mulitple people use the same USERID to log onto multiple computers. For example, if the ADMINISTRATOR user name is used to log onto more than one computer.

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q131/7/40.ASP

Hope this helps. Joseph L. Poandl
MCSE 2000

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