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If you already log on with account that have administrative priviledge you don't need to include the password<br />
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For example To rename computer <b>Server</b> to <b>Server1</b>, type the following at the command prompt:<br />
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netdom renamecomputer Server /newname:Server1.example.c<wbr />om /userd:&lt;administrator account&gt;
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Is this computer part of a domain?<br />
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You can replace current name with %COMPUTERNAME%
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P.S. your command you are using is missing a 'd' at the end of 'password' &nbsp;should be 'passwordd'
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this is what I typed, looking in help it appears to be correct.<br />
netdom renamecomputer kpc309 /newname:kal-lo-wrk-009 /userd:gary /password:thisisit /reboot:10<br />
also tried<br />
netdom renamecomputer kpc309.spock.com /newname:kal-lo-wrk-009.sp<wbr />ock.com /userd:gary /password:thisisit /reboot:10<br />
also tried<br />
netdom renamecomputer kpc309.spock.com /newname:kal-lo-wrk-009.sp<wbr />ock.com /userd:spock\gary /password:thisisit /reboot:10<br />
everything points me to netdom help, which looks exactly like what I typed
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this is what I typed, looking in help it appears to be correct.
netdom renamecomputer kpc309 /newname:kal-lo-wrk-009 /userd:gary /password:thisisit /reboot:10
also tried
netdom renamecomputer kpc309.spock.com /newname:kal-lo-wrk-009.spock.com /userd:gary /password:thisisit /reboot:10
also tried
netdom renamecomputer kpc309.spock.com /newname:kal-lo-wrk-009.spock.com /userd:spock\gary /password:thisisit /reboot:10
everything points me to netdom help, which looks exactly like what I typed

what is correct syntac for netdom renamecomputer

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