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Actually, something in WDS will do it too... sadly I don't recall - but one of my last WDS setups would remember the name of the machine it was deployed to (we didn't use MDT there).
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Actually, something in WDS will do it too... sadly I don't recall - but one of my last WDS setups would remember the name of the machine it was deployed to (we didn't use MDT there).

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I used CustomSettings.ini to prompt me to change the computername (along with many other things) during the OST.
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I used CustomSettings.ini to prompt me to change the computername (along with many other things) during the OST.

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I have a lab of 30 computers. I am learning how to use WDS and MDT to re-image the computers. Is there a way to keep the name of the computer so that when the computer is re-imaged it has the same name as before it was imaged? &nbsp;The name of the computer is based on the room # and the computer # in the room and not any system variables.
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I have a lab of 30 computers. I am learning how to use WDS and MDT to re-image the computers. Is there a way to keep the name of the computer so that when the computer is re-imaged it has the same name as before it was imaged?  The name of the computer is based on the room # and the computer # in the room and not any system variables.

rename computers after image with mdt

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