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try the instructions from this blog:<br />
<a href="http://araihan.wordpress.com/2010/02/19/how-to-set-computer-naming-policy-in-windows-deployment-services-wds/" rel="ugc">http://araihan.wordpress.com/2010/02/19/how-to-set-computer-naming-policy-in-windows-deployment-services-wds/</a><br />

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try the instructions from this blog:
http://araihan.wordpress.com/2010/02/19/how-to-set-computer-naming-policy-in-windows-deployment-services-wds/ [http://araihan.wordpress.com/2010/02/19/how-to-set-computer-naming-policy-in-windows-deployment-services-wds/]


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That blog was extremly convoluted.. is there anything easier please
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That blog was extremly convoluted.. is there anything easier please

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Right now the name of the computer is named by the user that is installing it. so for me the computers will be named helpdesk1 and no on. I need them to be something different how do I change that
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Right now the name of the computer is named by the user that is installing it. so for me the computers will be named helpdesk1 and no on. I need them to be something different how do I change that

how do I change WDS so that the name of the computer is changed

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