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Shr00m

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What is the fastest way to change the machine name on an XP pro system?

Preferally a command line utility program.

Thanks
 
1) Right-click on "My Computer"
2) In the resulting context menu, click "Properites"
3) Activate the "Computer Name" tab in the resulting "System Properties" dialog
4) Press the "Change..." Button
5) Enter a new computer name
6) Press OK
7) Reboot

I don't know of a way to do it with a built-in command from the command line, though that doesn't mean there isn't a way to make it happen.
 
Ya, thats they way I was trying to avoid. I need to change the names on multiple systems after a ghost images is loaded on them. Right now they are randomly generated and I need to find a way to specifly the name. I can modifly sysprep to do this, but then it requires a bunch of clicking on next buttons and that will take too long for the amount of systems that I need to rename.
 
I use Acronis TrueImage to do my imaging. I run the answer file maker and specify all the info I want in there, then remove the computername field from the text file then sysprep. that way it only prompts me for the computername and the rest it does automatically.
 
Shr00m said:
Ya, thats they way I was trying to avoid.
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Too bad you didn't mention that; it would've saved me typing up the instructions.

The netdom utility can make the change from the command line.
 
When I remove the computername field in the sysprep file when I use Ghost it wants me to click next a bunch of times. Maybe I can retest this to see what the deal is.
 
If you specify an invalid name in sysprep.inf (something that has a # in it for instance) with everything else set to auto-answer, the only step you'll have to interact with is the naming step.

It will pop up a dialog requesting a valid name during the network portion of mini-setup, but otherwise operate in a completely automated fashion.
 
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