{"id":107,"date":"2007-06-14T12:35:37","date_gmt":"2007-06-14T12:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parkesy.wordpress.com\/2007\/06\/14\/rename-computers\/"},"modified":"2007-06-14T12:35:37","modified_gmt":"2007-06-14T12:35:37","slug":"rename-computers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2007\/06\/14\/rename-computers\/","title":{"rendered":"Rename Computers"},"content":{"rendered":"

*-*Update *-*<\/p>\n

Edited the post as i\u00a0just\u00a0spotted you can’t see all the command!\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0*-*<\/p>\n

How do you name computers on your networks?<\/p>\n

Since users make such great use of Remote Web Workplace i’ve taken to naming them the same as the user name (obviously this is dependant on one person having their own PC)<\/p>\n

It means the user doesn’t have to remember a\u00a0PC name, when logging in remotely. They click on “Connect\u00a0to my computer” and look for their name\u00a0<\/p>\n

“But what if that person leaves the company?!”\u00a0I hear you cry<\/p>\n

Well\u00a0I have a batch file that\u00a0I run from the server for renaming computers. It’s much quicker (and not as messy) as doing it manually<\/p>\n

Netdom RenameComputer\u00a0AndyParkes \/NewName:AndyParkesPC\u00a0 \/UserD:MyDomain\\Administrator\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

\/PasswordD:*\u00a0 \/Force \/ReBoot<\/em><\/p>\n

pause<\/em><\/p>\n

Note: The netdom command and it’s parameters are supposed to be on one line. I’ve seperated here for readability<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

The pause is so that i can view the output when it’s finished.<\/p>\n

If i was going to improve this i’d get it to prompt for the new and old computer names but this is a task i perform so infrequently that it’s easier to just edit the batch file<\/p>\n

Also note the * for the password is so it prompts for the password. You can save the password in the batch file but who wants to leave their admin passwords lying around?!<\/p>\n

Note. NetDom is part of the Windows XP support tools<\/a>\u00a0so you’ll need to load that if your going to do it from your PC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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