Question : "The local device name is already in use" error message on XP Pro clients

I am the IT guy for a police department, the officers use panasonic toughbooks in the patrol cars, they also have desktops running xp pro at police headquarters.

On my XP client machines, I receive the "The local device name is already in use" error message when you trying to connect to mapped drives on win 2003 server.

This is a major problem becasue we cannot connect to our shares.

How can I fix this ?

Answer : "The local device name is already in use" error message on XP Pro clients

Are you cloning the machines?  You need to change the computer name in the duplicate machines.  Right-click my computer (in XP: Start | right-click "My Computer") | Properties | Computer Name |  Change | Type in unique computer name | Ok | OK | reboot.....

If you clone, you will also need to change the sysid of the computers - download newsid.exe from www.sysinternals.com

cheers...