Networked Computers Appear With "-OC" Following Name

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Steve Sohn

In my Vista home network, I get three instances of each computer in the
network.

First is the computer name, then is the "media device" - which I could live
without - but the one that is confusing is that there is a third instance of
each computer which consists of the computer name followed by "-OC". I do not
have a clue what this is, and it was not there when all the machines were on
XP.

I am annoyed that Microsoft gives no information on this.

Any assistance appreciated.
 
Steve Sohn said:
In my Vista home network, I get three instances of each computer in
the
network.

First is the computer name, then is the "media device" - which I could
live
without - but the one that is confusing is that there is a third
instance of
each computer which consists of the computer name followed by "-OC". I
do not
have a clue what this is, and it was not there when all the machines
were on
XP.

I am annoyed that Microsoft gives no information on this.
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It's "One Care" if you have set printer sharing through One Care. Turn
the sharing off and set it up directly and it will go away.

Tom
 
Very many thanks, Tom. I knew it was something simple, and I am still
irritated that it is undocumented.
 
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