How do I change the host/computer name XP home?

[Colonel Blip]

Hello, All!

I was breezing thru setting up a new computer and accepted a default name
computer name... real recognizable like dz3k7uh or similar. How can I change
this to a computer name that is recognizable and a bit more memorable?

Thanks.

Colonel Blip.
E-mail: (e-mail address removed)

 

[BR549]

Click Start, right click on My Computer and select properties. Click on the
tab "Computer Name" and then the Change button.

Hello, All!

I was breezing thru setting up a new computer and accepted a default name
computer name... real recognizable like dz3k7uh or similar. How can I change
this to a computer name that is recognizable and a bit more memorable?

Thanks.

Colonel Blip.
E-mail: (e-mail address removed)

 

[Guest]

Go to the "change name" tab of the system properties window. Here's one way:
1. Open the control panel
2. Double click the sysem icon
3. Navigate to the "computer name" tab.
4. Click the "change" button toward the bottom of the window
5. Type in the desired name.
6. Click "ok" and/or "apply" until you get back to the control panel
7. You'll probably have to reboot.

 

[Carl G]

Try system propertys, computer name tab.

 

[Colonel Blip]

Thanks for the quick feedback from all. Name changed.

Colonel Blip.
E-mail: (e-mail address removed)

 

[Real Name]

Hi,

My computer was running so slowly,
that it started failing to run a
software modem, at-all.
I found, in this newsgroup, about
"sfc /scannow"; and that solved about
half of the problems; but I'm still
having the computer is still slow.

I ran the "Microsoft Baseline
Security Analyzer", which I've done
before, but now it fails, because there
is no computer name.
I re-named it, using the track you
provided to the other fella; and it
renamed full computer name, but the
"description" is greyed-out. (If that's
relevant.)

And, still Baseline refuses to run.

Any ideas ?
I've tried nothing, and it still
won't work.

Thank-you,
Ken .



On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 14:11:11 -0800,