Hey,
I'm looking into remotely changing computer names which are on our company network. I can remotely connect to devices using psexec and launch a command prompt to work with it.
Now, I've used netsh to change IP, subnet and gateways in the past, but I can't see a method for changing the device name.
I've googled this and found some vbs scripts to do it, but also people complaining that it hasn't changed all required entries in the registry. I then also read about NETDOM.exe (from the Windows XP resource kit). Downloaded it and queired the netdom.exe /? for commands. It seems the netdom.exe tool will only work for devices in a domain? Is it possible, or has anyone else used this tool to change computer names that are in a workgroup and not a domain?
Note: Machines are running Windows XP Embeded
I'm looking into remotely changing computer names which are on our company network. I can remotely connect to devices using psexec and launch a command prompt to work with it.
Now, I've used netsh to change IP, subnet and gateways in the past, but I can't see a method for changing the device name.
I've googled this and found some vbs scripts to do it, but also people complaining that it hasn't changed all required entries in the registry. I then also read about NETDOM.exe (from the Windows XP resource kit). Downloaded it and queired the netdom.exe /? for commands. It seems the netdom.exe tool will only work for devices in a domain? Is it possible, or has anyone else used this tool to change computer names that are in a workgroup and not a domain?
Note: Machines are running Windows XP Embeded
Code:
C:\Program Files\Support Tools>netdom renamecomputer /?
The syntax of this command is:
NETDOM RENAMECOMPUTER machine /NewName:new-name
/UserD:user [/PasswordD:[password | *]]
[/UserO:user [/PasswordO:[password | *]]]
[/Force]
[/REBoot[:Time in seconds]]
NETDOM RENAMECOMPUTER renames a computer that is joined to a domain. The
computer object in the domain is also renamed. Certain services, such as the
Certificate Authority, rely on a fixed machine name. If any services of this
type are running on the target computer, then a computer name change would
have an adverse impact.
machine is the name of the workstation, member server, or domain controller
to be renamed
/NewName Specifies the new name for the computer. Both the DNS host
label and the NetBIOS name are changed to new-name. If
new-name is longer than 15 characters, the NetBIOS name is
derived from the first 15 characters
/UserD User account used to make the connection with the domain
to which the computer is joined. This is a required parameter.
The domain can be specified as "/ud:domain\user". If domain is
omitted, then the computer's domain is assumed.
/PasswordD Password of the user account specified by /UserD. A * means
to prompt for the password
/UserO User account used to make the connection with the machine to
be renamed. If omitted, then the currently logged on user's
account is used. The user's domain can be specified as
"/uo:domain\user". If domain is omitted, then a local computer
account is assumed.
/PasswordO Password of the user account specified by /UserO. A * means
to prompt for the password
/Force As noted above, this command can adversely affect some services
running on the computer. The user will be prompted for
confirmation unless the /FORCE switch is specified.
/REBoot Specifies that the machine should be shutdown and automatically
rebooted after the Rename has completed. The number of seconds
before automatic shutdown can also be provided. Default is
30 seconds
NETDOM HELP command | MORE displays Help one screen at a time.
The command completed successfully.
