Netbios username query

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Neil M

Hi,

I have a system which queries the netbios username of a remote PC.
Unfortunately, during testing of a new XP build, the username is no longer
being displayed with a 'nbtstat -n'.

The Windows firewall is disabled. The 'Messenger' service has been
restarted. Netbios over TCP is enabled. The PC belongs to a workgroup (user
authentication is against eDirectory). This has me completely stumped!
 
Hi,

I have a system which queries the netbios username of a remote PC.
Unfortunately, during testing of a new XP build, the username is
no longer being displayed with a 'nbtstat -n'.

The Windows firewall is disabled. The 'Messenger' service has been
restarted. Netbios over TCP is enabled. The PC belongs to a
workgroup (user authentication is against eDirectory). This has me
completely stumped!
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The messenger service must be running on all systems you are querying,
not just your own.

Perhaps a better way of querying the user name is to use the
"psloggedon" utility available as part of the PsTools package at:

<http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896649.aspx>

HTH,
John
 
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