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The NetBIOS name of the computer is limited to 15 bytes

308 256MB
HI,
I want to set my computername to be greate than 15 bytes.How can i do that since when i set the name greter that 15 bytes it's give me message that "The NetBIOS name of the computer is limited to 15 bytes" .

Can anybody tell me how can i edit this limit of 15 bytes of NetBIOS name ..?

Thanks!
Aug 8 '08 #1
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Curtis Rutland
3,256 Expert 2GB
If it says that it is the limit, I think that it is a strict limit
Aug 8 '08 #2
madankarmukta
308 256MB
If it says that it is the limit, I think that it is a strict limit

Thanks for the update.
But i want to exceed that limit ? How can i do that ?

Thanks!
Aug 8 '08 #3
Curtis Rutland
3,256 Expert 2GB
I'm pretty sure you can't.
Aug 8 '08 #4
Plater
7,872 Expert 4TB
NetBios has a 15character limit. A windows (and probably linux) domain can exceed that limit, but your computer will either not function with NetBios or its name will be truncated to 15characters.
Aug 8 '08 #5

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