how to rename a computer

[Wus]

Is it possible to rename a computer using either a com or dll call?

I looked thru the win32 classes ... couldnt find anything...

I dont really know a goo place to search for dll info so anyhelp would be good

[PerryRaptor]

Sorry, I haven't the time to do it tonight; however, you can convert this VBScript to AutoIT Beta...This script does work very nicely in an AD environment and has fairly good error handling too.

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Dim RegKeyCompName, RegKeyTCPIP, WSHShell, ComputerName, HostName, DomainName, FQDN, ADRootDSE, ADSysInfo, ADComputerName, ADRenameOK, ADRNewName, vStartRenameCA, NewNAmeU, NewNameL, vStartRenameAD

On Error Resume Next

'###### READ IN EXISTING COMPUTERNAME AND FQDN ######

RegKeyCompName = "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ComputerName\"
RegKeyTCPIP = "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\"

Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

ComputerName = WSHShell.RegRead (RegKeyCompName & "ComputerName\ComputerName")
Hostname = WSHShell.RegRead (RegKeyTCPIP & "Hostname")
DomainName = WSHShell.RegRead (RegKeyTCPIP & "Domain")
FQDN = HostName & "." & DomainName

Set ADRootDSE = GetObject("LDAP://RootDSE")
If Err.Number <> 0 then
    ADComputerName = "Unable to determine this information"
    ADOU = "Unable to determine this information"
    ADRenameOK = "0"
else
    Set ADSysInfo = CreateObject("ADSystemInfo")
    ADComputerName = ADSysInfo.ComputerName  'Get DN of local computer
    ADRenameOK = "1"
    ADOU = Mid(ADComputerName, InStr(ADComputerName, "=") + 1)  'Strip off just after the first = sign
    ADOU = Mid(ADOU, InStr(ADOU, "=") - 2)              'Strip off at 2 before the second = sign
    ComputerPath = "LDAP://" & ADComputerName
    OUPath = "LDAP://" & ADOU
End if

'###### ASK USER FOR NEW DETAILS ###########

MsgBox "This script renames this computer and its active directory account" & vbCr & vbCr & "Name: " & ComputerName & vbCr & "FQDN: " & FQDN & vbCr & vbCr & "AD DN: " & ADComputerName & vbCr & "AD OU: " & ADOU, 0, "Information"

NewName = InputBox("Enter the new computer name below and click OK to continue","Rename: Step 1")
NewNameU = UCase(NewName)
NewNameL = LCase(NewName)
NewNameUCN = "CN=" & NewNameU

if NewName = "" then
    wscript.echo "The computer name has not been changed"
else
    vStartRenameCA = MsgBox ("Continue and rename computer to: " & NewName,vbYesNo or vbExclamation,"Rename: Step 2")
    if vStartRenameCA = 6 then
        With WSHShell
            .RegDelete RegKeyTCPIP & "Hostname"
            .RegDelete RegKeyTCPIP & "NV Hostname"
            .RegWrite RegKeyCompName & "ComputerName\ComputerName", NewNameU
            .RegWrite RegKeyCompName & "ActiveComputerName\ComputerName", NewNameU
            .RegWrite RegKeyTCPIP & "Hostname", NewNameL
            .RegWrite RegKeyTCPIP & "NV Hostname", NewNameL
        End With
        wscript.echo "The computer name and FQDN have been changed"
    elseif vStartRenameCA = 7 then
        wscript.echo "The computer name and FQDN have NOT been changed"
    end if

    if ADRenameOK = 1 then
        vStartRenameAD = MsgBox ("Continue and rename AD Account to: " & NewName,vbYesNo or vbExclamation,"Rename: Step 3")
        if vStartRenameAD = 6 then
            Set objItem = GetObject(ComputerPath)
            objItem.Put "dNSHostName", NewNameL & DomainName
            objItem.SetInfo
            objItem.Put "displayName", "DESKTOP_" & NewNameU & "$"
            objItem.SetInfo
            objItem.Put "sAMAccountName", NewNameU & "$"
            objItem.SetInfo

            Set objNewOU = GetObject(OUPath)
            Set objMoveComputer = objNewOU.MoveHere _
                (ComputerPath, NewNameUCN)
            wscript.echo "The active directory computer account has been changed"
        elseif vStartRenameAD = 7 then
            wscript.echo "The computer account in AD has NOT been changed"
        End If
    else
        wscript.echo "Insufficient information to rename AD account"

    End If

End if

[/dev/null]

Is it possible to rename a computer using either a com or dll call?

Search forum for "+rename +computer" ==> find Rename computer with WMI

Cheers

Kurt

[Wus]

my bad /dev/null my search skills have been sucking of late... I spend hours searching and I miss the obvious

thx also perry... even if i dont use that script Ill still read thru it and figure out exactly how it works so as to get better at COM