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Change Computer Name
Name: DWIL001 Date: October 4, 2005 at 08:18:00 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: 2.06
Comment:
I am trying to change the computer name of my system with a batch file logon script. The script will check to see if the system has a unique name if it does it will change the name based on a predefined string value concatenated with a randomly generated number, Any ideas or help will be welcomed.
Name: Impavidus Date: October 5, 2005 at 13:15:31 Pacific
Reply:
How many random numbers do you want?
E.g. MACHINE12345
or
MACHINE123, MACHINE 132, MACHINE964 etc.
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Response Number 2
Name: DWIL001 Date: October 5, 2005 at 19:56:40 Pacific
Reply:
Five random numbers will be fine; I wrote a VB.NET app that gets the computer name using GetComputerName API and I am trying to implement the SetComputerNameEx API with no luck. There is little documentation on this API and what I have found is high level. I can use the SetComputerName API and it changes the NetBOIS name but not the physical.
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