Computer Description (XPp SP1)

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Hi all,

I have a Windows XPp box that I’ve changed the “Computer Description” in – when browsing the network the new description appears correctly, however,

When I map a drive to a local share on this box, it displays as a mapped drive with the old “Computer Description” string?

I’ve searched the registry and can find no entries for the old computer description string; I’ve also checked the domain members list on the server and the new computer description is showing OK?

Any ideas?

TIA,

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The description is probably cached somewhere, either on the machine you are connecting from or somewhere on the network. I recall once encountering a router that would “remember” old names and descriptions until it was hard-booted, which was not a viable option most of the time. Does this behavior occur from all workstations?

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Solved it thanks…

Mapped drive in question from other PC’s and Computer Description appeared OK;
PC on which shared drive is located had been re-booted numerous times, as had the PC showing the wrong description;

PC showing the wrong description had cached entries under the following registry keys…

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerComputerDescriptions
HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerComputerDescriptions

Removed entries and description appears as required.

Cheers,

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Solved it thanks…

Mapped drive in question from other PC’s and Computer Description appeared OK;
PC on which shared drive is located had been re-booted numerous times, as had the PC showing the wrong description;

PC showing the wrong description had cached entries under the following registry keys…

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerComputerDescriptions
HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerComputerDescriptions

Removed entries and description appears as required.

Cheers,

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The description is probably cached somewhere, either on the machine you are connecting from or somewhere on the network. I recall once encountering a router that would “remember” old names and descriptions until it was hard-booted, which was not a viable option most of the time. Does this behavior occur from all workstations?

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I’ve seen this happen when all the affected machines have not been re-booted since the description was changed.

Joe

--Joe

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I’ve seen this happen when all the affected machines have not been re-booted since the description was changed.

Joe

--Joe

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