"domain network" - name is forest parent domain
I'm testing Windows 7 in our corporate environment. How does the Windows 7 Network and Sharing center determine the name for the "Domain Network" to which I'm attached? I notice on my test PC it is showing the name of another domain in our forest (our tree root), not the name of the domain I am joined to. For example, each of our regions has their own domain:
region1.company.com
region2.company.com
region3.company.com
ad.company.com (tree root)
I'm in region1.company.com, however my N&S Center shows my connection as being in ad.company.com. My DHCP server is in region1.company.com. It is handing me a connection specific suffix of region1.company.com.
How does Windows 7 determine this name?
Baffling... and I've searched all over
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Hi,
“ad.company.com” should be your Network Name. I think this is related to “Network Awareness”:
Windows 7: Pre-release privacy supplement (Please note the section “Network Awareness”.)
For more information about Network Awareness, please also refer to:
Network Awareness in Windows Vista and Windows 7
Thanks.
Nicholas Li - MSFT- Marked As Answer byNicholas LiMSFT, ModeratorMonday, November 16, 2009 4:13 AM
- Unmarked As Answer bymcedwards Tuesday, November 17, 2009 3:38 AM
- Um... that doesn't really explain anything.
I can't find any information on the pages you link to that clearly explains *why* my forest domain name is being shown.
To this day, I can't find an answer.
Please don't hijack your answer as the "correct" answer again.
ANyone????? seriously... no one can give me a precise technical explanation??
