Hello Justin,
Apart from the scripting answers you got, here's a different solution:
Rename My Computer on any workstation to WHATEVER-I-DONT-GIVE-A-D. Open up
regedit and search for WHATEVER-I-DONT-GIVE-A-D.
Create a new Key of the type Reg_expand_sz called WHATEVER, and put in
"%computername%" as value. Export the parent key (where
WHATEVER-I-DONT-GIVE-A-D was the default value) to a reg file.
Open up the regfile in notepad, and change it so that the value of WHATEVER
of type reg_expand_sz is assigned to the default key "@".
Delete the old key in regedit, then doubleclick the regfile. The type of the
key should now be reg_expand_sz (before it was reg_sz and would have shown
%computername% instead of resolving it.
If you are nice, and want some more information, you can use this regfile:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}]
@=hex(2):25,00,75,00,73,00,65,00,72,00,6e,00,61,00,6d,00,65,00,25,00,20,00,\
40,00,20,00,25,00,63,00,6f,00,6d,00,70,00,75,00,74,00,65,00,72,00,6e,00,61,\
00,6d,00,65,00,25,00,00,00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\
{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}]
@=hex(2):25,00,75,00,73,00,65,00,72,00,6e,00,61,00,6d,00,65,00,25,00,20,00,\
40,00,20,00,25,00,63,00,6f,00,6d,00,70,00,75,00,74,00,65,00,72,00,6e,00,61,\
00,6d,00,65,00,25,00,00,00
Gruesse - Sincerely,
Ulf B. Simon-Weidner
MVP-Book "Windows XP - Die Expertentipps": http://tinyurl.com/44zcz
Weblog: http://msmvps.org/UlfBSimonWeidner
WebSite: http://www.windowsserverfaq.org
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> Subject: [ActiveDir] Display Computer Name on Desktop
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> I have a question, is there a way to display the computer
> name on the desktop either through a login script or via GPO?
>
> Justin A. Salandra
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