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everytime i go online i get this message that there's more than one person with same user name or something. i dunno what it is and i dunno what to do about it. help me please.... :sad:
ok... it says
"windows-system error
a duplicate name exist on the network"
does that help?
Could you be more specific about the problem javerri?
There is another computer on the network that is named the same as yours. If you are on a domain login,.. then you gotta change it to a workgroup login before you can change the name of the computer.
Oh,.. also, you might be able to change the computer name by logging in as a local user. I never tried it that way so I'm not sure. But I think it should work. Probably easier that way too.
Besides it being a genuine mistake in naming, it might more alarmingly be this -MS00-047: NetBIOS Vulnerability May Cause Duplicate Name on the Network Conflicts which says you have some sort of malware activity (so thats a virus, trojan or worm potentially) ..seen this one a couple of times lately ..
The sticky in this forum will give you a start on removal techniques if that is the case, & of course add your patches from windows update :).
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Originally Posted by confus-ed
what about for xp? i looked at that page... and it didn't say anything about xp...
Its to do with how netbios works - I didn't know what o/s you had up until then ;) - if xp is all patched up you shouldn't be getting it for the reasons in the kb .. so forget that red herring most probably ?Quote:
Originally Posted by javerri
Try going here & clicking the link which says 'a duplicate name has been detected on the tcp network' & see how much of that makes sense to you (knowing how this machine fits into any network setup would help ! ;)) as some of the language is pretty technical ...
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Originally Posted by confus-ed
yeah... it's pretty technical looking... i don't really understand what it's saying and i don't wanna mess up my computer trying to do it... should i give it a go?
Do you get this message when you go onto the internet with your standalone computer or do you mean when you log on to a network with it?Quote:
Originally Posted by javerri
i guess standalone computer. i'm not hooked up to anyone elses comp. only using same wireless internet... so is it standalone...?Quote:
Originally Posted by jitBob
Hey "confus-ed", I tried to post you a message but your mailbox is full. The following system message was displayed.
The following errors occured when this post was submitted:
1. confus-ed has exceded their stored private messages quota and can not accept further messages until they clear some space.
Nope its networked 'technically', but only one machine tells me you are unlikely to have used the same name twice & routers generally don't have device names as far as netbios is concerned, so it can't be a duplicate physical name - to start looking for some sort of malware infection would therefore be the next logical step ..Quote:
Originally Posted by javerri
Well there's a good reason for that :eek2: .. people keep mailing me 'requests' & I don't work here 'to order' ;) - if you have problems, stick 'em in a thread & let everyone have a looksee, there's smarter than me here :thumbs:Quote:
Originally Posted by DownBeachBreeze
If my name appears in any thread, it means I'll stay subscribed to it (I get mail alerts as replies are added & thus I'll pop back when I do have time) & review it incase anyones stuck :) - not that I can always solve them, but I'll give it a good go ..
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Originally Posted by confus-ed
would this error message have anything to do with another error message i'm getting? i pretty much don't know anything about computers so i wouldn't even know where to look anyway... :-s but i have another error code that says:
RUNDLL
Error loading C:\Program Files\WildTangent\Apps\CDA\cdaEngine0400.dll
The specified module could not be found.
that's another message i get on here. oh there's another one too... but i didn't write down what is says so i don't know exactly what it says. it says something about the symantic software being messed up which could be because someone else or some program changed or something. i gotta go look what it says the next time i turn my comp on again and then i'll post it up on here... arg... i should know more about my comp... shouldn't i....? *sigh*
but hey... thanks for trying to help me out. maybe one day i'll get this thing figured out...
How many are there ? Its no good considering one error message in isolation ! by the sounds of this, it might be a long job ! :eek2:, methinks it ain't just your symantic s/w 'being messed up'Quote:
Originally Posted by javerri
Anyways try us with all the messages .. all at once :)