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it should work fine on xp as well. Did you have any errors?
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Yes, I got access denied. But I'm using it exactly the same way as Win2K and the credentials are good.<br />
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It is documented on Microsoft Web site as none working on XP pro. That is why I'm looking for something else.
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Place the following &quot;&quot;&nbsp;in a batch file. (without quotes) and name it renamePC.<br />
&quot;echo rename oldcomputername newcomputername yourusername<br />
pause<br />
netdom renamecomputer %1 /newname:%2 /userd:%3 /passwordd:* /usero:administrator /passwordo:* /REBoot&quot;<br />
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Pre-requisite - For the Netdom utility to work, you need to install the Windows Support Tools from the XP SP2 cd at <br />
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D:\Support\Tools\setup.exe<wbr />. <br />
Run a Complete install or Custom and then select to install all items.<br />
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Run the renamePC.bat from a command prompt where you saved the batch file to. <br />
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If you saved it to C:\Netdom then you would do Start/Run/CMD enter. Then type CD Netdom.<br />
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From the C:\Netdom&gt; prompt you would type &quot;renamepc ComputerOLD-xp ComputerNEW-xp yourADusername&quot; (without the quotes)<br />
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syntax:<br />
renamePC [old PC name] [new PC name] [your user name] - (without the brackets)<br />
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example: <br />
1. &nbsp;renamepc ComputerOLD-xp ComputerNEW-xp yourADusername<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; then Press any key to continue...<br />
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2. Type the password associated with the object user: (this is the PC local admin password)<br />
If you type in the wrong password you get &quot;Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password.<br />
The command failed to complete successfully.&quot;<br />
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3. Then you should get a little NetDom pop-up windows asking you &quot;Do you want to proceed (Y or N) ?&quot; Click Yes<br />
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4. Type the password associated with the domain user: (your network login password with AD permissions to rename a computer)<br />
This operation will rename the computer oldPCName to newPCName.<br />
Certain services, such as the Certificate Authority, rely on a fixed machine name. If any services of this type are running on oldPCName,<br />
then a computer name change would have an adverse impact.<br />
The command completed successfully.<br />
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Here if you type in the wrong password you again get &quot;Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password. <br />
The command failed to complete successfull<br />
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Hi experts,<br />
I'm having some computers that lost the sychronisation with the domain. For Win2K I used netdom reset command and it worked fine but it doesn't on WinXP Pro computer.<br />
Is there a way to resynch/reset computer account using a vbscript even if it is a Win2K or WinXP?<br />
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Our domain is Active Directory Native.<br />
Our branches are across Canada so I need to do it remotly.<br />
Thank you<br />
Eric
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Hi experts,
I'm having some computers that lost the sychronisation with the domain. For Win2K I used netdom reset command and it worked fine but it doesn't on WinXP Pro computer.
Is there a way to resynch/reset computer account using a vbscript even if it is a Win2K or WinXP?

Our domain is Active Directory Native.
Our branches are across Canada so I need to do it remotly.
Thank you
Eric

How to reset domain computer account?

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