Can't change my pc name to Ruud-PC


  1. Posts : 25
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    Can't change my pc name to Ruud-PC


    Title pretty much sums it all up,
    When I'm changing my pc name to Ruud-PC it says that it isn't possible. Ruud, however is possible and even Ruuud-PC is.
    Here is an image in with dutch error:
    Can't change my pc name to Ruud-PC-vraag.png
    The error in english is: The name of the pc is invalid.
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  2. Posts : 5,478
    2004
       #2

    You don't have another PC on your network called Ruud-PC by any chance?
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  3. Posts : 25
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    Thread Starter
       #3

    lx07 said:
    You don't have another PC on your network called Ruud-PC by any chance?
    I was just thinking about that.
    I just got my laptop back after my hddrive gave up on me and now I'm changing the name of the pc back to how it was.
    But in the meantime I took my old laptop, which is probably called Ruud-PC, so I have to rename that laptop to something like Ruud-PC-Old
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  4. Posts : 25
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    Thread Starter
       #4

    Yep, that was the problem, thank you very much!
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  5. Posts : 5,478
    2004
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  6. Posts : 720
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    It's unfortunate that many software developers spend little time thinking about error messages. Those messages should not just report that an error has occurred. They should help point to a solution.

    The name of the PC was not invalid; it was already in use. And the code must of had some hint of that.
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    pokeefe0001 said:
    It's unfortunate that many software developers spend little time thinking about error messages. Those messages should not just report that an error has occurred. They should help point to a solution.

    The name of the PC was not invalid; it was already in use. And the code must of had some hint of that.
    yeh that should be way better.
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  8. Posts : 22,740
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    Unfortunately there sometimes is only so much room for each error message so including a fix might not be possible.
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  9. Posts : 720
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    BunnyJ said:
    Unfortunately there sometimes is only so much room for each error message so including a fix might not be possible.
    True, but even a short message that just mentions an error code that can be looked up would be better than a message that is misleading. I'm sure people would complain if they had to look up an error code, but they probably are going to look up the message anyway (and even post a question on a forum) if the message is misleading.
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    pokeefe0001 said:
    True, but even a short message that just mentions an error code that can be looked up would be better than a message that is misleading. I'm sure people would complain if they had to look up an error code, but they probably are going to look up the message anyway (and even post a question on a forum) if the message is misleading.
    When I programmed I would many a time have to look up various error codes. Fun.. no but that's the way of the world.
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