RE: Change Computer Name- via command line or registry

Posted: 08-05-2004, 06:13 PM
Hi Ramesh,

I'm following up on your post on 2004-06-15 06:52:01 PST.

I found myself in the same position as the original poster, without
knowledge of other utilities though. I read the pages you submitted and
successfully executed your script.

The problem I'm facing is that the subject machine's computer account in the
AD is still listed as the OLD computer name. Would you help me to learn how
I can synchronize the two??

Cheers,
Christian Anton


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Re: Change Computer Name- via command line or registry
Posted: 08-10-2004, 01:14 PM
Well,

I eventually learned that I couldn't update the AD Machine account name
provided tools or via LDAP. So I had to remove machine account and remove
computer from domain and rejoin it. Thankfully my users did not lose any
profile data as I feared. Still though, as the the machine account isn't
really bound to it's name but rather a number (SID?) it seems logical to
think that the name should be updateable. Or am I wrong about the binding?

CA


"Christian Anton" <a@b.c> wrote in message
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> Hi Ramesh,
>
> I'm following up on your post on 2004-06-15 06:52:01 PST.
>
> I found myself in the same position as the original poster, without
> knowledge of other utilities though. I read the pages you submitted and
> successfully executed your script.
>
> The problem I'm facing is that the subject machine's computer account in
> the AD is still listed as the OLD computer name. Would you help me to
> learn how I can synchronize the two??
>
> Cheers,
> Christian Anton
>

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