Not through GP Craig. You're going to need some kind of 3rd party product to do that. Some examples include NetIQ's DRA, Quest's ActiveRoles Server, and I think Netpro has a product now that can do this. From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Buonora, Craig (GE, Research, consultant) Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 6:44 AM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] Computer Naming Conventions This may or may not be the place for this but I thought I would ask. Does anyone know if it is possible through GPO or another mechanism to enforce a naming convention for machines being added to Active Directory? Thanks in advance. Craig M. Buonora