When I fire up the Norton Management I see all of the Devices/PC's on the network were I have installed Nortin Internet Security.
The problem is they all have my name followed by some numbers, like:
Mitchel - Windows 7
Mitchel - Windows 7 - 1
Mitchel - Windows 7 - 2
and so on...
Is there a way to determine the IP of these machines so I can rename them to something that makes sense...like the actual users name?
Or is there a way I can go to each PC and rename it from there?
Thanks,
Mitch
mitchelt,
I don't know if there is a better way -- I'm sure someone will post it if there is -- but one "if all else fails" method suggested by one of the Norton Staff was to cancel the activation on one entry in Norton Management and then check the computers in turn to see which one it is and then give it a more user friendly name. Or even to cancel all three and then as you reactivate you can rename.
But that really only works if you have local access to all of them.
I hope someone comes up with something more direct.
I don't think it has happened to me since when I built my PCs I changed the label on the hard drive partition that contained Windows to a user friendly one that identified what version of Windows was in it and which physical and logical drive it was on so that for example my current OS drive is labeled, believe it or not
OS3SATA2P1-WIN7HoPr-32-EEE
OS3 means it is on the computer I call Ollie 3
SATA2 means SATA drive 2 since I have 2 physical hard drives in it
P1 means the first partition
The it's pretty obvioous: Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit
EEE reminds me that the drive letter when Windows was installed was Drive E: (It's a multiboot computer with 4 different versions of Windows on it! And despite popular belief Windows does not always have to be running on Drive C:
The bit about the drive letter can be very useful when drive letters do get temporarily changed and you are looking to find a file!
Obviously you can do something simpler but having done this I found that Norton Management picked up my label and used it.
You can do this labeling using Drive Management or simpler for a single drive/partition by opening Windows Explorer (the FIle Manager) by pressing the WINKEY and E keys at the same time. And you can do it safely as far as I know on a purchased computer after you get it.
Right mouse click on the partition that contains the operating system (C: unless you have something odd like mine) and select Properties. You will see on the General TAB a box with something in it which in my case is the label I showed above. You can highlight what's in the box and change it to what you want to use like Mitchel Asus notebook or whatever suits your situation and then OK your way out.
What I don't know is what happens if you do this after you have a different label showing in Norton Management .... You might try and see if it refreshes but I doubt it.
I hope that helps rather than confuses.
I believe the names listed in Norton Management are tied to the Computer Name given each system in Windows.
Click on the Windows key + Pause at the same time. The resulting window will list information about your system. In the section for Computer name, domain and workgroup settings click on the Change Settings link beside the Computer Name. Accept any UAC prompt. In the System Properties window, click Change beside 'To rename this computer......'.Then enter a unique name for your computer in the box at the top. Click OK, OK .
Reboot your computer.
This will have changed your computer name as it will appear on other computers in your network.
Do this on each computer, giving each a unique name.
Log into Norton Management and see if this has helped.
<< Log into Norton Management and see if this has helped. >>
Breath is bated .... <s>
Thank you for the suggestions..we have over 25 PC's so cancelling them one at a time would take way too long.
Each PC has a unique name as they log into a local domain.
Hmmm.....
I am not a network expert, but did you look at the System Information page from pressing Winkey + Pause to see if the names show up as you noted in your OP?
mitchelt wrote:Thank you for the suggestions..we have over 25 PC's so cancelling them one at a time would take way too long.
Each PC has a unique name as they log into a local domain.
Hmmm.....
Understood -- I thought it was a normal 3PC situation.
I'm not sure how compatible the Norton range (home and small business) is with domain situations (take that statement literally) but with that number of PCs have you checked out going to the Enterprise version which has features for "central management" as I understand things and could be a lot cheaper at that quantity.
See what you get from others experienced in this area.