How do I increase the computer name in a workgroup environment?

The limit on the workgroup name is part of windows. So then put the intelligence in the name near the beginning.  

I have not had to be concerned with the workgroup name length at any time.

.... Thinkpads_User

thinkpads_User,

Respectfully , I was not referring to the Workgroup name , but the computer name.

Thank you PowerEdgeTech for the clarification.

I didn't know the limit was 15 chars.  Is there no way around the NetBIOS limitation. I will look at your link, but the points are yours.

Thanks PowerEdgeTech

The link doesn't provide a workaround - it is just documentation from Microsoft of the limitation in NETBIOS naming.  Longer names are recognized/usable in DNS, but there is no way around it that I know of for built-in Windows network discovery items like in your image.  You might be able to change administration of NETBIOS in your IPv4 network settings, but NETBIOS is NETBIOS, regardless of which device is handling it, so it likely won't help you at all.

The real problems will come when you have multiple machines in that "group":

WKS-WN8-TECH-01908
WKS-WN8-TECH-01909
WKS-WN8-TECH-01134

Then will ALL show up in NETBIOS detection to be WKS-WN8-TECH-01, causing naming conflicts and all sorts of headaches.

yep. I changed my naming scheme to fit within the fifteen chars, and all name will be unique.

you rock.