Refreshing Host Name Registration

ID: Q201346

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

SUMMARY

The Windows 2000 client registers its host name with the Dynamic Domain Name System (DNS). This registration may go missing from the Dynamic DNS server zone file for a variety of reasons. However, an administrator can use the Ipconfig tool to refresh the DNS registration without restarting the workstation or server.

MORE INFORMATION

To refresh the registration of computers with either static or dynamically assigned IP addresses, type:

ipconfig /registerdns

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbnetwork kbtool ntdomain
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo