After you use Windows Vista to change the name of a computer, other computers can continue to access the computer by using the previous name of the computer.

When this issue occurs, the following conditions are true:

• If you clear the Domain Name System (DNS) cache by using the ipconfig command together with the /flushdns switch, this issue still occurs.
• If you change the network adapter at the same time that you change the name of the computer, this issue does not occur.