How to Type a Comment in the Description Box of a Windows 2000-Based Computer's Network Identification Properties

ID: Q243166

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

SUMMARY

You can type a comment in the Description box of the Network Identification properties of a Windows 2000-based computer. The comment helps to further identify the computer on the network.

MORE INFORMATION

To type a comment in the Description box of a Windows 2000-based computer, use the following steps:

Start the Computer Management Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in.

Right-click Computer Management (Local), and then click Properties (there may be a slight delay while system information is being polled).

On the Network Identification tab, type the comment you want in the Description box, and then click OK.

NOTE: The changes do not take effect until you restart the target computer. After you restart the computer, the comment is visible when the computer is browsed from the network.

Domain administrators can also add comments to remote systems that are members of the same domain by right-clicking Computer Management (Local), clicking Connect to another computer, and then typing the name of the remote system or selecting the remote system from the list.

In addition, domain administrators can also change the target computer's comment field from the command line using the following command:

net config server [/srvcomment:"text"]

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbenv
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto