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How to rename computer name under Domain - 8/1/2005 11:44:01 PM   
  netxman

 

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Status: offline 		OK.  After viewing ten pages of the forum,I decide to make the post.

In my environment there are many computers in a domain whose server is NT4 and I have got the Domain Admin right from our administrator.But I don't know how to change these computers name in the domain use vbscript.

May be change computer name of a single PC is easy,how about under a Domain ?And can I add some interactive commands in the scripts? Like popup the dialog box and let user choose Yes or No to reboot the computer.

This forum seems actively,maybe I will start my script learning from here.

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RE: How to rename computer name under Domain - 8/2/2005 2:31:43 AM   
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Status: offline 		In order to change the name, the PC name must exist in the domain....

what i always do in order not to receive any errors, i throw the PC out of the domain, rename it, and re-add it....for me it is the safest

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RE: How to rename computer name under Domain - 8/2/2005 2:43:42 AM   
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Status: offline 		You should also sidwalk it to generate a new sid before rejoining to Domain. This is a nice utility that I use, switched from the gostwalk cause this util does a better job in XP.

http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/NewSid.html

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RE: How to rename computer name under Domain - 8/2/2005 2:26:11 PM   
  netxman

 

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Status: offline 		Thanks two guys.

Snipah,did you use vbscript to do that ?  How many times user will reboot his computer,twice or once? Could you please give me an example vbs ? Thank you very much.

tnoonan,I downloaded the software you mentioned yesterday,but I dare not use it.I am afraid it will change some unknown settings. And I'm not sure if it can work fine under Domain.

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RE: How to rename computer name under Domain - 8/2/2005 8:53:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		NetXMan,

I don't use VBScript for this task, merely b/c VBScript will not speed up this process...(not for what i have seen)

1) throw PC out of the domain...reboot needed...
2) rename PC...reboot needed...
3) throw PC back in the domain...reboot needed...

This is a time consuming task, but unfortunatly needed sometimes.. therefore we add the PC name in the Unattended Setup, prior to joining the domain...

Hope this helps...

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RE: How to rename computer name under Domain - 8/3/2005 12:51:05 AM   
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Status: offline 		Sometimes you can actually get away with only two reboots.

1) throw pc out of domain...(make sure it is actually out of the domain and states that a reboot is required)
2) Rename machine and then reboot
3) Join domain and final reboot
 
Still pretty time consuming, but this does cut down (a little) on the time it takes.

2000 / XP machines

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RE: How to rename computer name under Domain - 8/3/2005 11:59:00 PM   
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Status: online 		I started to reply yesterday got called away then the site was brought down, oh well.  Here is an option I came across, not sure of it's usefulness as I have not used it, but it is a possiblity.
Use the commandline tool Netdom, this seems to have the ability to remove a computer from the domain, rename the computer, and add it back in.  I saw mention that the NT4 version, which will work on 2000/XP works better for adding a PC to a workgroup, not sure if this also means Removing from a domain, but it is something to try.

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RE: How to rename computer name under Domain - 8/6/2005 3:37:39 AM   
  netxman

 

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Status: offline 		OK,thans very much for all your care.

I got success in the second day.But I could not access this forum to tell you the result,the same in the follow days.

VBScript seems can not achieve this task,I searched almost all the google that prove it.

Like mbouchard said,only Netdom can do that.This netdom.exe is XP version which supports RENAMECOMPUTER option.

NETDOM RENAMECOMPUTER machine /NewName:new-name
          /UserD:user [/PasswordD:[password | *]]
          [/UserO:user [/PasswordO:[password | *]]]
          [/Force]
          [/REBoot[:Time in seconds]]

Use this command ,it works fine and only reboot once. Add this command into vbscript,made it only require new computer name,then enter to reboot,perfectly.

If supports remote operation,that's much better but I haven't try.

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RE: How to rename computer name under Domain - 8/6/2005 3:44:18 AM   
  netxman

 

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Status: offline 		Forgot to say , never use NewSid in Domain PC,that will cause Domain information missing.

For single PC and Workstation PC,NewSid is a good choice.

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RE: How to rename computer name under Domain - 8/6/2005 10:30:34 AM   
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Status: online 		So, renamecomputer will allow you to rename a compter while it is still on a domain?  Will need to take a look at it myself.

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RE: How to rename computer name under Domain - 8/6/2005 10:25:05 PM   
  netxman

 

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And netdom has more functions like join computer from workstation to domain.

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RE: How to rename computer name under Domain - 8/8/2005 1:08:56 AM   
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ORIGINAL: netxman

Forgot to say , never use NewSid in Domain PC,that will cause Domain information missing.

For single PC and Workstation PC,NewSid is a good choice.


That's funny I use NewSid on a domain with over 2500 pc's in it daily and have no issues using it. I remove the pc from domain, let it replicate removal accross domain, run newsid, generate new sid # and new pc name and add to domain. If you don't clean up your sids in domain and end up having duplicate sids in active directory your going to have issues. You don't have to take my word for it just keep doing what your doing. LOL

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RE: How to rename computer name under Domain - 8/8/2005 1:34:18 AM   
  netxman

 

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Status: offline 		Hello tnoonan

As I said in my first post,we are in different environment.My domain controller is NT server,there is no active directory in it.So I don't know how to clean up old sids in the Domain.

Don't you think Netdom is much convenient than Newsid ?

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RE: How to rename computer name under Domain - 8/8/2005 2:12:09 AM   
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Status: offline 		Dup sids will not be an issue in NT Domain, Untill you migrate over to 2000 or 2003. It will migrate all computer, user sid accounts over to active directory depending on how you do the migration. If your going to be on nt forever, then don't worry about it, but I doubt that will be the case. There are plenty of articles out there that show you how to clean Your PDA "Nt" before migrating.

Here is a link Showing you that dup sids not an issue in NT Domain

http://www.appdeploy.com/articles/sids.shtml

But Like I said, when Migrating to Active Directory, Beware, Research, Research, Research.

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RE: How to rename computer name under Domain - 8/8/2005 2:56:04 AM   
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Status: offline 		Ghost Console will also perform the task although there is a lot of room from improvement in the program. Since we use static IPs, it's handy because it allows you to change DNS, WINS, etc, as well.

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RE: How to rename computer name under Domain - 8/9/2005 12:45:09 AM   
  netxman

 

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Status: offline 		Hi,tnoonan, does these automatically completely in one step ? Or I need to do step by step ?

"I remove the pc from domain, let it replicate removal accross domain, run newsid, generate new sid # and new pc name and add to domain."

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