Question : Duplicate name exists on the network

I have two networks in two locations. One network is a Workgroup and the other is a Domain. I have setup the user names on the workstations exactly the same as the ones on the Domain so I can access local devices within the Workgroup from the domain. All the Computer names within the Workgroup and the Domain are all different, however I am getting the error "Duplicate name exists on the network".

This is driving me crazy!! can anyone help??

I managed to get brief access to one of the PC's on the workgroup by following the below instructions from other posts, but it was very short lived, .....the error re-appeared.

SET DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1
START DEVMGMT.MSC

After showing hidden devices, the "RAS Async Adapter" appeared transparent, Device Manager says the "RAS Async Adapter" isnt working correctly! I tried to remove it from the system, but the error message said that it was required to boot.

I then did the following:

CMD /K IPCONFIG /Release
IPCONFIG /Renew
nbtstat -n
ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /registerdns

All of this doesnt work!!!

Answer : Duplicate name exists on the network

Try shutting down one of the duplicate systems and pinging it by name to see who answers if anyone.