Every Vista computer can have its own domain name By Jeremy Reimer | Published: November 14, 2006 - 07:36AM CT With Microsoft having released Windows Vista to manufacturing, the computing industry is now busy preparing for the first major Windows desktop operating system upgrade in more than five years. One of the new features of Vista that hasn't gotten much attention is Microsoft's new "Computer Name" feature, which extends Windows XP's Peer Name Resolution Protocol (PNRP) service. Simply put, Computer Name allows users to identify their machine by a unique name, rather than an IP address, from anywhere on the planet. PNRP works by extending IPv6, the new standard for identifying computers and devices on the Internet. The old IPv4 standard, identifiable by the series of four integers between 0 and 255, was designed when the Internet was much smaller, and its maximum 4.3 billion addressable devices is starting to look somewhat cramped in the modern era. IPv6 allo