what's this message?

**javerri** · February 5th, 2005, 04:26 PM

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....

ok... it says

"windows-system error
a duplicate name exist on the network"

does that help?

**TechZ** · February 6th, 2005, 03:34 AM

Could you be more specific about the problem javerri?

**WebHead** · February 6th, 2005, 01:02 PM

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.

**WebHead** · February 6th, 2005, 01:16 PM

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.

**confus-ed** · February 7th, 2005, 05:27 AM

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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**javerri** · February 7th, 2005, 05:50 AM

Originally Posted by confus-ed

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

.

what about for xp? i looked at that page... and it didn't say anything about xp...

**confus-ed** · February 7th, 2005, 06:15 AM

Originally Posted by javerri

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 ?

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 ...

**javerri** · February 7th, 2005, 09:48 AM

Originally Posted by confus-ed

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 ?

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 ...

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?

**jitBob** · February 7th, 2005, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by javerri

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?

**javerri** · February 7th, 2005, 10:26 PM

Originally Posted by jitBob

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?

i guess standalone computer. i'm not hooked up to anyone elses comp. only using same wireless internet... so is it standalone...?

**DownBeachBreeze** · February 8th, 2005, 12:44 AM

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.

**confus-ed** · February 9th, 2005, 01:23 PM

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...?

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 ..

**confus-ed** · February 9th, 2005, 01:28 PM

Originally Posted by DownBeachBreeze

Hey "confus-ed", I tried to post you a message but your mailbox is full..

Well there's a good reason for that

.. 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

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 ..

**javerri** · February 10th, 2005, 12:07 AM

Originally Posted by confus-ed

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 ..

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...

**confus-ed** · February 10th, 2005, 08:50 AM

Originally Posted by javerri

..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...

How many are there ? Its no good considering one error message in isolation ! by the sounds of this, it might be a long job !

, methinks it ain't just your symantic s/w 'being messed up'

Anyways try us with all the messages .. all at once