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Spurlin9,

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This could indicate that the network card's MAC address is a duplicate of another on your network.  It could also mean that your machine does not have a unique address or name on your network. 

It means there is another computer with your exact computer name on the network.  Start - Settings - Control Panel - System - Network Identification tab - Full computer name.  That is the name in question - it means you have another computer on the network maned exactly the same.  Click the Properties box and change the Computer name entry on the window that pops up.

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This could indicate that the network card's MAC address is a duplicate of another on your network.  It could also mean that your machine does not have a unique address or name on your network. 

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FYI, Every card / network device has it own individual mac address there are no duplicates unless you have a clone feature for like maybe a router, even then the router has it's own mac address it just reports the cloned address when asked by the WAN connection. I agree with johnallg the computer name is the culprit...