Appropriately Name Networked Windows Computers
It’s vital while setting up a peer-to-peer Windows networking that each and every computer in the network must be configured properly. It should have a unique name or identity. However computers with the names that violate Windows guidelines during configuration may for several technical reasons, fail to be in the networking with their peers over the LAN. Hence one must ensure that the computers are named suitably as per the following set naming regulations:
• Ensure all computer names are unique. Hence no two computers can possess the same computer name.
• Special characters must be avoided in all computer names. On every occasion possibly try not to use any of the special characters, when naming Windows computers
• Make sure none of the computer names contain spaces. Any Windows ME and earlier versions of Windows never ever recognized computers having any space between the characters in their names.
• Ensure each computer name is maximum 15 characters long at length.
• Mostly avoid making use of lower-cases in the letters used in computer names whenever it is possible. However it’s not case sensitive on Windows Vista OS. The case of characters (lower or upper) it is ignored. But all the Microsoft Windows older versions treat computer names as case sensitive. Hence all upper cases are recommended while entering the computer names to avoid all possible name conflicts this would help all Windows computers to identify each other very well.
Tips:
To change or set a computer name on Windows XP, click on the System icon in Control Panel or very easy right-click on My Computer. Then choose the Computer Name tab and name the computer.
To change or set a computer name on Windows 2000, click the Properties button on clicking on the System icon in the Control Panel and choosing the Network Identification tab.
