If anyone is interested, I did test this out. I left a test workstation in the "half-renamed" state for about 5 days. It worked normally. I could only address it by the old NetBIOS name though when trying to connect to it with RDP. When I went into the screen to rename the PC it showed the new name. But when I went the CMD Line and typed set, it showed the old name. Once I rebooted all was well.
Thanks as always for the input. ________________________________ From: Malcolm Reitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 2:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Mass Computer Rename I'm not sure what will happen if you leave the workstations in a "half-renamed" state for a while though it sounds potentially problematic to me. Try it on a test box or two and let us know. Malcolm From: Chris Blair [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 21 February, 2008 08:29 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Mass Computer Rename Do I need to reboot right away? None of these workstations have printer or file shares. I was hoping to rename the PC and just wait for the user to reboot to make it official. ________________________________ From: Malcolm Reitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 9:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Mass Computer Rename If you have your workstations listed in a text file, then you just need a simple "for /f" command using NETDOM with the "renamecomputer" operator. The workstations have to be powered up and on the network first, and they will have to be rebooted after the change. Malcolm From: Chris Blair [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 20 February, 2008 13:01 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Mass Computer Rename I need to rename all of our workstations to adhere to a new naming standard. These machines, for now, will remain in the same domain. I have found various scripts on Google, but I would like to hear from someone that has done this. Any pitfalls? Thanks This e-mail is confidential and may be privileged and/or proprietary. If you are not the intended recipient, any review, disclosure, copying, or use of this e-mail is prohibited. ________________________________ This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. This e-mail is confidential and may be privileged and/or proprietary. If you are not the intended recipient, any review, disclosure, copying, or use of this e-mail is prohibited. This e-mail is confidential and may be privileged and/or proprietary. If you are not the intended recipient, any review, disclosure, copying, or use of this e-mail is prohibited. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
