From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:35 EST-10EDT,10,1,0,7200,4,1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1853 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Wednesday 26 August 2009 Number 1853 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Re: Irritating NetBios Error : Ian Manners" 2 Re: Irritating NetBios Error : Ed Durrant 3 Re: Irritating NetBios Error : John Angelico" **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:06:06 +1000 (EST) From: "Ian Manners" Subject: Re: Irritating NetBios Error Hi John, >The User ID was not added as a message name Because it's already in use :-) If you dont use the messenger facility, you can comment out the line :- messenger = services\msrvinit.exe in x:\ibmlan\ibmlan.ini It will be towards the bottom of ibmlan.ini Cheers Ian Manners http://www.os2site dot com/ -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:33:47 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: Irritating NetBios Error John Angelico wrote: > Hi all. > > We get an irritating NetBios error on boot, which comes up in the local > Logon window for NetBios. > > Without a message number it says: > The User ID was not added as a message name > > We have put up with it for a long time (mainly because we don't boot all > that often), but it still irritates us. > > Can anyone give us an explanation, and a possible cure? > > And don't be afraid to say things like "You fathead - that is sooo > obvious!" :-) if it is that obvious an error. That will mean I have simply > forgotten something - again! > > TIA > > > > Best regards > John Angelico > OS/2 SIG > os2 at melbpc dot org dot au or > talldad at kepl dot com dot au > ___________________ > -------------------------------------------------- > > http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG > Sounds to me like you have a user name and a machine name that is the same or you are already logged on with that user name in the domain or workgroup. As you can send message (text) to either a user name or a machine name using the same command - the destination has to be unique. So if there is someone already logged on as "Fred" if you try to log on another machine as "Fred" you'll get this warning - it's saying that when a message is sent to "Fred" you wont get it. Also if a computer is called "Fred" it will give you the same issues. How to stop the problem - if you don't use network messaging, turn the feaure off on all systems. -- Cheers/2 Ed Checkout my eComStation Australia Podcasts Search on eComStationAustralia in iTunes or set up Thunderbird to look at http://eComStationAustralia.podbean dot com/feed or simply go to the webpage http://eComstationAustralia.podbean dot com Don't miss the tenth Warpstock Europe at Stralsund, Germany 12-15 November 2009 check out - http://www.warpstock.eu for details. (I will be presenting on Virtualisation and eCS at the conference). -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:20:55 +1000 (AEST) From: "John Angelico" Subject: Re: Irritating NetBios Error On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:33:47 +1000 Ed Durrant wrote: > > >Sounds to me like you have a user name and a machine name that is the >same or you are already logged on with that user name in the domain or >workgroup. Aha!! Thanks Ian and Ed for lucid explanations. Since the Help files don't, it probably means that your knowledge has been gained in the harsh school of hard knocks! Best regards John Angelico OS/2 SIG os2 at melbpc dot org dot au or talldad at kepl dot com dot au ___________________ -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG