Upgraded from nt4 to 2003... domain name question

We upgraded from nt4 to 2003 and changed the domain name. We used "company1"
for the domain name in nt40. We actually changed our company name about a
year ago so we used the "company1" as the 2003 netbios domain name and used
"company2.msft" as the new fully qualified internal domain name. I can
access things using the company1\username and password or the
company2.msft\username and password fine.

My question is when it comes to the logon screen on my windows xp
workstations. Like before the old workstations have the "company1" domain
name when you login which is fine. When i setup a new workstation the other
day it asked me to add the computer to the domain and i chose to add it to
"company2.msft" and everything was fine. After the xp install i noticed when
i went to login to the workstation it actually showed the "company1" netbios
name.

I understand that both na.mes are taking me to the same domain, but hoped it
would start showing the "company2.msft" name on the new workstations since
we did change the company name.

Any help would be great.

Thanks

If you are at Windows 2003 forest functional level you can rename your
domain netbios name as per the link below. Otherwise as far as I know you
will have to live with it the way it is. Users can also logon via unp as in
(E-Mail Removed). --- Steve

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv...ainrename.mspx

"James" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> We upgraded from nt4 to 2003 and changed the domain name. We used
> "company1" for the domain name in nt40. We actually changed our company
> name about a year ago so we used the "company1" as the 2003 netbios domain
> name and used "company2.msft" as the new fully qualified internal domain
> name. I can access things using the company1\username and password or the
> company2.msft\username and password fine.
>
> My question is when it comes to the logon screen on my windows xp
> workstations. Like before the old workstations have the "company1" domain
> name when you login which is fine. When i setup a new workstation the
> other day it asked me to add the computer to the domain and i chose to add
> it to "company2.msft" and everything was fine. After the xp install i
> noticed when i went to login to the workstation it actually showed the
> "company1" netbios name.
>
> I understand that both na.mes are taking me to the same domain, but hoped
> it would start showing the "company2.msft" name on the new workstations
> since we did change the company name.
>
> Any help would be great.
>
> Thanks
>

So you are saying that the clients will only show the netbios name on the
login windows?



"Steven L Umbach" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%23Z%(E-Mail Removed)...
> If you are at Windows 2003 forest functional level you can rename your
> domain netbios name as per the link below. Otherwise as far as I know you
> will have to live with it the way it is. Users can also logon via unp as
> in (E-Mail Removed). --- Steve
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv...ainrename.mspx
>
> "James" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> We upgraded from nt4 to 2003 and changed the domain name. We used
>> "company1" for the domain name in nt40. We actually changed our company
>> name about a year ago so we used the "company1" as the 2003 netbios
>> domain name and used "company2.msft" as the new fully qualified internal
>> domain name. I can access things using the company1\username and password
>> or the company2.msft\username and password fine.
>>
>> My question is when it comes to the logon screen on my windows xp
>> workstations. Like before the old workstations have the "company1" domain
>> name when you login which is fine. When i setup a new workstation the
>> other day it asked me to add the computer to the domain and i chose to
>> add it to "company2.msft" and everything was fine. After the xp install i
>> noticed when i went to login to the workstation it actually showed the
>> "company1" netbios name.
>>
>> I understand that both na.mes are taking me to the same domain, but hoped
>> it would start showing the "company2.msft" name on the new workstations
>> since we did change the company name.
>>
>> Any help would be great.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>
>

No. If you use UPN logon they enter there logon name followed by @ and your
full domain name. One you get used to it you usually like it. As soon as you
enter @ after your logon name the domain name box should disappear. ---
Steve


"James" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> So you are saying that the clients will only show the netbios name on the
> login windows?
>
>
>
> "Steven L Umbach" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%23Z%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> If you are at Windows 2003 forest functional level you can rename your
>> domain netbios name as per the link below. Otherwise as far as I know you
>> will have to live with it the way it is. Users can also logon via unp as
>> in (E-Mail Removed). --- Steve
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv...ainrename.mspx
>>
>> "James" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> We upgraded from nt4 to 2003 and changed the domain name. We used
>>> "company1" for the domain name in nt40. We actually changed our company
>>> name about a year ago so we used the "company1" as the 2003 netbios
>>> domain name and used "company2.msft" as the new fully qualified internal
>>> domain name. I can access things using the company1\username and
>>> password or the company2.msft\username and password fine.
>>>
>>> My question is when it comes to the logon screen on my windows xp
>>> workstations. Like before the old workstations have the "company1"
>>> domain name when you login which is fine. When i setup a new workstation
>>> the other day it asked me to add the computer to the domain and i chose
>>> to add it to "company2.msft" and everything was fine. After the xp
>>> install i noticed when i went to login to the workstation it actually
>>> showed the "company1" netbios name.
>>>
>>> I understand that both na.mes are taking me to the same domain, but
>>> hoped it would start showing the "company2.msft" name on the new
>>> workstations since we did change the company name.
>>>
>>> Any help would be great.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>
>>
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