I'm testing Windows 7 in our corporate environment. How does the Windows 7 Network and Sharing center determine the name for the "Domain Network" to which I'm attached? I notice on my test PC it is showing the name of another domain in our forest (our tree root), not the name of the domain I am joined to. For example, each of our regions has their own domain:region1.company.comregion2.company.comregion3.company.comad.company.com (tree root)I'm in region1.company.com, however my N&S Center shows my connection as being in ad.company.com. My DHCP server is in region1.company.com. It is handing me a connection specific suffix of region1.company.com.How does Windows 7 determine this name?Baffling... and I've searched all over

Hi, ad.company.com should be your Network Name. I think this is related to Network Awareness: Windows 7: Pre-release privacy supplement (Please note the section Network Awareness.) For more information about Network Awareness, please also refer to: Network Awareness in Windows Vista and Windows 7 Thanks. Nicholas Li - MSFT

Um... that doesn't really explain anything.I can't find any information on the pages you link tothat clearly explains*why* my forest domain name is being shown.To this day, I can't find an answer. Please don't hijack your answer as the "correct" answer again.ANyone????? seriously... no one can give me a precise technical explanation??