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I have a computer that has a fileshare (Windows Server 2012). When I looked at the sessions, I saw a computer named tina2. There is no current computer on our network named tina2. When I investigated, it turns out that the computer shown as tina2 is in fact GRE-V-QS02 (Windows Server 2016).

For some reason, GRE-V-QS02 is masquerading on the fileshare as tina2.

Does anyone know what could be going on? I've checked the control panel, and the computer name is correct.

How do I get GRE-V-QS02 to stop showing up as tina2 in the Shared Folders > Sessions list.

Any helps is greatly appreciated

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  • Really strange one... have you tried to access the Computer Management console from another computer and check if the displayed name is the correct one? – LeRouteur Sep 29 '20 at 15:11
  • ...and you might try going to gre-v-qs02 and search through the registry for "tina2". Another thought, look in DNS and see if there is a record for that name, the name could be assigned the same ip address as the server. Could be some round-robin thing going on. One more, does "tina2" have an AD account? – Larryc Sep 29 '20 at 16:25

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It appears to be a DNS issue. The Forward Lookup Zone has one value(GRE-V-QS02), and the Reverse Lookup Zone has another (tina2).

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The computer of Tina2 has not been on the network in years, so this problem is most likely a byproduct of not cleaning up the AD system. Thanks for yalls help.

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