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From: Ab on 19 May 2010 13:50
In SBS2008 where can you display the Computer Description field of your
network computers? The default view allows this in 2003.

In the 'Network' icon there is no field to display the optional
description that say XP machines can have. Maybe I'm missing it.
From: Jim Behning SBS MVP on 20 May 2010 08:56
On Wed, 19 May 2010 18:50:07 +0100, Ab <Ab(a)abnet2.com> wrote:

>In SBS2008 where can you display the Computer Description field of your
>network computers? The default view allows this in 2003.
>
>In the 'Network' icon there is no field to display the optional
>description that say XP machines can have. Maybe I'm missing it.
I get annoyed at the extra step where I have to click to see the
details. It shows up in AD Users and Computers. Probably a simple
click if you know how to edit xml or whatever they use to make that
console view. Over my head though.
See what SBS support is working on
http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/default.aspx
Check your SBS with the SBS Best Practices Analyzer
http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/tags/BPA/default.aspx
From: kj [SBS MVP] on 20 May 2010 13:26
Jim Behning SBS MVP wrote:
> On Wed, 19 May 2010 18:50:07 +0100, Ab <Ab(a)abnet2.com> wrote:
>
>> In SBS2008 where can you display the Computer Description field of
>> your network computers? The default view allows this in 2003.
>>
>> In the 'Network' icon there is no field to display the optional
>> description that say XP machines can have. Maybe I'm missing it.
> I get annoyed at the extra step where I have to click to see the
> details. It shows up in AD Users and Computers. Probably a simple
> click if you know how to edit xml or whatever they use to make that
> console view. Over my head though.
> See what SBS support is working on
> http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/default.aspx
> Check your SBS with the SBS Best Practices Analyzer
> http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/tags/BPA/default.aspx

Also note that the computer description field viewable by browsing and the
description field of the Active Directory computer object are both different
and unlinked.

Scripts have been developed to get and keep them in sync, but OOB, there is
none.


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/kj


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