When I turn on my computer, I get this message, "a duplicate name exists on the network."

I've had this name for years, what happened?

Thanks for the reply.  No, the computer name and workgroup name are not the same.  Should they be?

No, if they were the same, which can cause the error you see.

I can't guess any further, unless you answer the other questions.

The error is a complaint that another device on any network to which your computer is connected has the same name as the 'full name' shown in system properties.

Although there are utilities that scan your network and to report the names of connected devices, they are somewhat nonsimple to use and probably would not work on a computer that will expose the error your report.

If your computer is on a home network, share an Internet connection using a router, you can manually check all other devices.  You don't maybe not easily able to determine the 'computer name' no computer network devices, but it is highly unlikely that such a device, for example, a network printer, called "Lamb stew Computer" or else you might have named your computer.

Just to be sure there isn't something special going, disconnect your computer from your network (or your Internet connection) and then it reboot.  The duplicate name error should NOT appear if the computer is not connected to a network.

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