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Identifying this notebook on the network in
Windows 2000
If this is the first time you have used networking on your notebook, you need
to provide Windows with the name of your notebook and the workgroup to
which it belongs.
To identify this notebook on the network:
1
Click
Start
,
Settings
, then click
Control Panel
. The Control Panel window
opens.
2
Double-click the
Network
icon. The Network dialog box opens.
3
Click the
Identification
tab.
4
Type a unique computer name in the
Computer name
box. This name
identifies this notebook on the network.
5
Type the name of the workgroup this notebook belongs to in the
Workgroup
box. This name is usually assigned by the network
administrator and identifies which group of computers this notebook is
most likely to communicate with.