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What OS are the computers that need to be renamed? &nbsp;You can do it via powershell using the rename-computer cmdlet, more on that here<br />
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<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh849792.aspx" rel="ugc">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh849792.aspx</a><br />
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Thanks<br />
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Mike
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What OS are the computers that need to be renamed?  You can do it via powershell using the rename-computer cmdlet, more on that here

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh849792.aspx [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh849792.aspx]

Thanks

Mike

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This can also be accomplished using the &quot;netdom&quot; command as well. The syntax is below... <br />
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<pre><code id="code-20-39766903-1">netdom renamecomputer server1 /newname:server2.domain.com /userd:administrator /passwordd:* /Force:01 /Reboot:01</code></pre>
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To get netdom you need to have RSAT installed on a workstation or you need to be on the domain controller.<br />
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Will.
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This can also be accomplished using the "netdom" command as well. The syntax is below...



netdom renamecomputer server1 /newname:server2.domain.com /userd:administrator /passwordd:* /Force:01 /Reboot:01


To get netdom you need to have RSAT installed on a workstation or you need to be on the domain controller.

Will.

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is it possible to rename computer names without actually loggin into the workstations to change the computer names? is it possible to change it from the server end?<br />
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is it possible to rename computer names without actually loggin into the workstations to change the computer names? is it possible to change it from the server end?

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