I have Duplicate network names and no error message?

[John]

Windows XP - do a find and put in the computer name and it finds two
computers with the same name, when it is actually the same computer
showing twice??

Running XP pro with TCP/IP installed on a 15 machine network. This
only happens on the XP machines. when you do a FIND and put in the
particular computer name it shows this one 98 machine on the network
having two names the same.

When we do the same on the 98 machines all is fine.

Any idea ??

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

do you have WINS server. if yes, check the records.

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"John" > wrote in message
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> Windows XP - do a find and put in the computer name and it finds two
> computers with the same name, when it is actually the same computer
> showing twice??
>
> Running XP pro with TCP/IP installed on a 15 machine network. This
> only happens on the XP machines. when you do a FIND and put in the
> particular computer name it shows this one 98 machine on the network
> having two names the same.
>
> When we do the same on the 98 machines all is fine.
>
> Any idea ??