Change network ID (WXP-Pro)

[sausage]

I have two PC's on the same Workgroup, and have named both PC's for network identification.

When I NET VIEW from the CMD console it sees the following informaition:

\\045860020204 DESKTOP-1
\\laptop-1 LAPTOP-1

my question is how to change the 12 digit number to a more network friendly name? So far I have changes the computers name and identity but it still will not change the 12 digit number.

The PC with the twelve digit number is running windows Media Centre 2002 SP2. Could this be the problem?

Thanks

[__spc__]

Isn' this all changed under the tabs from right-mouse clicking on 'My computer'?

[motoflop]

Open regedit and check what computernames are stored under this registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\ComputerName