Renaming Images Computers

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Is there a simple way to rename computers after they are imaged or during the
imaging process? I can change the name one at a time after the image has been
processed but if I want to roll out 50 machines in one day how can I rename
them without touching all of them?

Thanks
 
Kent said:
Is there a simple way to rename computers after they are imaged or
during the imaging process? I can change the name one at a time
after the image has been processed but if I want to roll out 50
machines in one day how can I rename them without touching all of
them?
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Well... Using Symantec Ghost? GHSTWALK. (Ghost Walker)..
Or NewSID from SysInternals..
NETDOM will also do it - even rename a computer in a domain..
 
It would be nice to have a way that I could use our naming naming convention
and it is applied after the machine boots after the imaging process. It seems
I still have to touch each machine in some way.

Kent
 
Kent said:
Is there a simple way to rename computers after they are imaged or
during the imaging process? I can change the name one at a time
after the image has been processed but if I want to roll out 50
machines in one day how can I rename them without touching all of
them?
Click to expand...

Shenan said:
Well... Using Symantec Ghost? GHSTWALK. (Ghost Walker)..
Or NewSID from SysInternals..
NETDOM will also do it - even rename a computer in a domain..
Click to expand...

Kent said:
It would be nice to have a way that I could use our naming naming
convention and it is applied after the machine boots after the
imaging process. It seems I still have to touch each machine in
some way.
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Not if you script it...
Many ways to do it.. Script it so that after the image is applied, it runs
GHSTWALK and renames the machine from a list..
Using the MAC address - because these are likely the same machines over and
over for some period of time..
Or some other method...
 
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It would be nice to have a way that I could use our naming naming
convention and it is applied after the machine boots after the
imaging process. It seems I still have to touch each machine in
some way.

Kent
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Try compname: http://www.willowhayes.co.uk/

Adam
 
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