Dear ,my company wants to do naming convention but the problem is the new names will be more than 15 lettersso we use windows server 2003 , will the names with more than 15 effect anything in our network ???Regards,

hi there, yes the maximum lenght you can assign is 15 character and 16th character is used for identity .please follow the below article for more information http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/909264sainath Windows Driver Development

thanks for replying,as it is mentioned that domain computers can be between 2 - 24so i can make more than 16 is that right??Regards

hi there,yes for DNS name your can give upto 24 .sainath Windows Driver Development

thanks again sorry i didn't get it , what they mean by domain computers ?? are they mean Domain Controllers , or the DNS name it self as DNS.com ??really thanks for your efforts

Hi, It means all computers joined to the domain. It includes domain controllers, member servers and clients. Tim Quan - MSFT

thanks for your help