How to remove computername from workgroup?

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dusty bin

I am new to w2k pro...

I have two machines networked in a single workgroup with
computernames; ONE and TWO (say). Everything was working fine:
sharing folders, printers, internet connection, etc. Then I decided
to rename one computer to FRED (say) - then changed my mind and put it
back to ONE.

Now in 'Computers Near Me' all three names are shown: ONE, TWO, FRED
even though there are only two machines. There must be a simple way
to remove the invalid/unwanted name, but I haven't managed to find out
how.

Any clues would be greatly appreciated.

Dusty
 
Actually, here's something I found in technet:

"A non-browser computer periodically announces itself to the master browser
by sending a directed datagram to the master browser on the network. The
computer announces its availability in intervals of 1 minute, 2 minutes, 4
minutes, 8 minutes, and 12 minutes, thereafter announcing itself to the
master browser every 12 minutes. If the master browser has not heard from
the non-browser for three consecutive announcement periods, the master
browser removes the non-browser from the browse list.
Note Therefore it can take up to 36 minutes for the local master browser to
remove a stale entry. In addition, the remainder of the domain might require
12 - 24 minutes (twice the master-periodicity) to discover the removal of
the stale entry. "

For more info see
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodtechn
ol/windows2000serv/reskit/tcpip/part4/tcpappi.asp
 
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