Re: Changing hostname... Problem

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From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 06/01/04 

Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 09:45:56 -0700

Olaf wrote:

> No, thats exactly what i did.
>
> But somewhere the computer remembers his old name.
>
> As i mentioned i changed some registry entries manually (after
> changing the hostname in Control Panel and rebooting), but the system
> is
> still pinging its own ip address when pinging the old name....
> strange...
>
Interesting. Well, unless the old name was something horrible and
embarrassing, if the computer works fine I wouldn't worry about it.

Malke 

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