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The original poster, BillA, is experiencing issues after renaming his computer from "denpc" to "BasementMedia," noting that the old name still appears in the network and homegroup listings despite attempts to refresh DNS settings. He seeks to remove or hide the old network name, but hasn't succeeded, and his BasementMedia PC isn't appearing in homegroup menus. A respondent suggests that DNS may not have fully updated and recommends reserving a new IP address via the router or DHCP settings to resolve the issue, implying that DNS flushing alone might be insufficient.
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I have a computer that used to be a pc in our den that I recently made my main media storage in basement, on that computer i changed the name to BasementMedia (vs denpc).

I tried
ipconfig /flushdns
then
ipconfig /registerdns

but when I restarted it In network i still see denpc i'd like to remove that if possible, is this something I can do or do I just have to keep seeing denpc in the network list?
 

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ussnorway
So when you renamed it the dns didn't update?
An image from 'Renamed pc, problems with network structure'. Windows system properties showing computer name and DNS suffix settings.

Is the network controlled by a server dns or just the router and a dhcp... I'd assume you still have the same ip address as before and thats the issue? If so then the fix is to reserve a new ip to that mac address which should work or the router/ server dns can be flushed but that is much more extreme.
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Also after renaming, that BasementMedia pc will not show up in homegroup listings on the other pcs, I tried leaving and rejoining the homegroup but still no luck, I can access it thru network to view files, but it used to be visable under homegroup listings for fast access to video folder.
 

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So when you renamed it the dns didn't update?
An image from 'Renamed pc, problems with network structure'. Windows system properties showing computer name and DNS suffix settings.

Is the network controlled by a server dns or just the router and a dhcp... I'd assume you still have the same ip address as before and thats the issue? If so then the fix is to reserve a new ip to that mac address which should work or the router/ server dns can be flushed but that is much more extreme.
 

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