Rename PC w/o using the wizard

[Guest]

Is there any way to make a script to rename a PC w/o having to manually do
it thru the properties of My Computer?

 

[Matt Hickman]

Is there any way to make a script to rename a PC w/o having to manually do
it thru the properties of My Computer?

Use the rename method for Win32_ComputerSystem WMI class

example: (from http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...name_method_in_class_win32_computersystem.asp)

Name = "name"
Password = "password"
Username = "username"

Set objWMIService = GetObject("Winmgmts:root\cimv2")

' Call always gets only one Win32_ComputerSystem object.
For Each objComputer in
objWMIService.InstancesOf("Win32_ComputerSystem")

Return = objComputer.rename(Name,Password,User)
If Return <> 0 Then
WScript.Echo "Rename failed. Error = " & Err.Number
Else
WScript.Echo "Rename succeeded. Reboot for new name to go into
effect"
End If

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