how to assign a Server/ machine comment ?

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JeevanS

Hi,

How to assign a Win2k desktop machine a comment which
appears in the comment column when Network-Neighbourhood
is chosen in explorer (with the list of m/c in the current
domain shown on the right).

In WinNT this was done by adding the comment in the SERVER
applet in Control-Panel.

or by the reg key:
[HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001
\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters]
"srvcomment"="alpha beta theta"

g1
 
I cannot locate SRVMGR.EXE on my machine or any control
panel program to set server comment

g1
-----Original Message-----
Hi,

How to assign a Win2k desktop machine a comment which
appears in the comment column when Network-Neighbourhood
is chosen in explorer (with the list of m/c in the current
domain shown on the right).

In WinNT this was done by adding the comment in the SERVER
applet in Control-Panel.
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[snip]

That's still how I do it under NT5; SRVMGR.EXE works fine.
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I cannot locate SRVMGR.EXE on my machine or any control
panel program to set server comment
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Here, it's in %windir%\system32, dated 26-Jul-2000 22:00 which seems
to indicate that it is part of the normal NT5.0 Server distribution.
You are talking about assigning a comment to client machines from a
central server, right?

If you can't find it (SRVMGR.EXE) there, you can probably copy it from
an NT4 Server; you'lll also find it in the NT4 Resource Kit.
 
Go to Control Panel.

Open the "Computer Management" icon.
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There is no ""Computer Management" icon in my Control Panel. It's in
"Administrative Tools" - or I simply run compmgmt.msc .
Right click on "Computer Management [Local]" Which is the
very first line.

Go to "Properties".

Click on the "Network Identification" tab.

Change the description.
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I understood the OP wanted to assign comments to many client machines
from a central server. The above won't do that.
 
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