app error post adding PC to W2K domain - hostname

[Andreh]

Hi all,

I have experienced a problem with an application (Crystal Reports 9) after migrating a few PC's from a Window NT4.0 domain to a Windows 2000 domain.

The problem i believe lies in the application referencing the host name of the PC prior to changing to the Win2k domain ie:

computer1 (NT4.0) => computer1@abc.com.au (Win2K)

The application has a database that holds the host name for the PC from the time that the application was installed. Hacking this isn't really an option.

Is there a way to change the name of the pc (locally) so it is not a FQDN and have it continue to successfully work on the Win2K domain?

I haven't had much luck searching on the net.

Thanks in advance

 

[bcastner]

Net name is the command that would allow you adding Netbios alliases.

But a reference to a database on an intranet site runs afoul of other problems.

See:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303650