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Rename a machine remotely

Hi,

I have this script.Which can rename a machine name in the computers.txt file to the name given in the script (Dev-chen-pc5000)

C:\>for /f "tokens=1,2" %x in (C:\computers.txt) do netdom renamecomputer %x /n
ewname:dev-chen-pc5000 /userD:development\administrator /passwordd:password /reboot:10 /force
this is working perfectly for me.
What i want now is to do this for many systems at once.
Can i have a script to rename all the machines in the computers.txt
I have the content as
Oldname : Newname (Inthe txt file)
Can a script rename all the machines at once.

Regards
Sharath

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bsharath

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In the file the machine names have to be like?

Farhan Kazi

OldName:NewName
OldName1:NewName1
OldName2:NewName2
OldName3:NewName3
^------------------- Colon separated

bsharath

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I get this.

C:\>NetDom RenameComputer dev-chen-nas100 /newname:dev-chen-nas1000 /userD:devel
opment\administrator /passwordd:password /reboot:10 /force
The NetBIOS name of the computer is limited to 15 bytes. The NetBIOS name
will be shortened to "DEV-CHEN-NAS100".

The command completed successfully.

Will this have any problems

Farhan Kazi

All NetBIOS names are 16 characters in length. However Microsoft limits a NetBIOS name to be 15 characters in lenght and uses the 16th character as the NetBIOS suffix.
So 'dev-chen-nas1000' is an invalid name because it has 16 characters (it should have maximum 15 characters)

Farhan Kazi

Have a look at following:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909264

bsharath

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Any help with this Q:

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/22718992/Remove-a-user-from-all-the-groups-in-the-file.html