Re: old client computername in usage report

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From: Marina Roos [SBS-MVP] (marina_at_roos.nodontwantspam.nl.com)
Date: 01/13/05 

Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 22:21:04 +0100

Hi Tim,

Don't worry about those services. They will recreate the records when
needed. Just delete the old records. You can then restart those services if
you want, and you should see the proper records showing up. 

-- 
Regards,
Marina
Microsoft SBS-MVP
One of the Magical M&M's
"Tim Taylor" <TimTaylor@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
news:4508BF78-5A0E-4ED6-B0A1-1EFC87A7B1E8@microsoft.com...
> Hi Marina,
>
> I've deleted the record for the oldname computer out of the DNS reverse
> lookup zone.  Will DNS automatically create a new record for the newname
> computer at some point, or do I have to manually add a new pointer record?
I
> suppose I could copy all the security data for the new record from one of
the
> other pointer records, but I'd feel better if I could get it done by the
> system somehow.
>
> Thanks for your help.  I'm not very familiar with these services.  I know
> conceptually what they do, but don't know how the tools work exactly.
>
> Tim
>
> "Marina Roos [SBS-MVP]" wrote:
>
> > Hi Tim,
> >
> > Go into those services and simply delete those records.
> >
> > -- 
> > Regards,
> >
> > Marina
> > Microsoft SBS-MVP
> > One of the Magical M&M's
> >
> > "Tim Taylor" <TimTaylor@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
> > news:80C0479A-6B24-42A0-A319-9C8F108B0558@microsoft.com...
> > > Thanks for your reply, Marina.  No, I haven't cleared those databases.
> > How
> > > do I do that?
> > >
> > > Tim
> > >
> > > "Marina Roos [SBS-MVP]" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Tim,
> > > >
> > > > Have you cleared the DHCP, WINS and DNS databases?
> > > >
> > > > -- 
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Marina
> > > > Microsoft SBS-MVP
> > > > One of the Magical M&M's
> > > >
> > > > "Tim Taylor" <TimTaylor@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in
bericht
> > > > news:27C37837-67EE-4B94-A286-C1D4CC12FAED@microsoft.com...
> > > > > I've got a user that used to connect to SBS server with a client
> > computer
> > > > > called "oldname".  Now his client computer is called "newname".
> > Newname
> > > > is
> > > > > an XP machine, and was connected using ConnectComputer.  The wrong
> > > > computer
> > > > > name also shows up in current sessions screen.  How do I fix this?
> > > > > -- 
> > > > > Tim
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
> >

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