YJ Kim wrote:
> I'm Active Directory administrator in some company.
> some time our employee request their computer name change.
> every that time I solved this request by remote control.
> but this situation is very uncomfortable both them and me.
> If possible, when them a computer name it renames oneself the
> rename of computer name by VBS.
>
> How can make to this VBS??

Sounds like you are trying to over-complicate things...

Assuming these machines are *in* your active directory, you can rename them
using NETDOM.

netdom renamecomputer /?

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Dear Shenan Stanley,

Thank you for your advice..
But I want they themselves changing the computer name.

I need to simply program or script.



"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> YJ Kim wrote:
> > I'm Active Directory administrator in some company.
> > some time our employee request their computer name change.
> > every that time I solved this request by remote control.
> > but this situation is very uncomfortable both them and me.
> > If possible, when them a computer name it renames oneself the
> > rename of computer name by VBS.
> >
> > How can make to this VBS??
>
> Sounds like you are trying to over-complicate things...
>
> Assuming these machines are *in* your active directory, you can rename them
> using NETDOM.
>
> netdom renamecomputer /?
>
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> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>

Thank you for your advice.

I solved this problem..

"J Ford" wrote:

> So does everybody in your area have local admin rights and/or permissions to
> add/remove machines from the domain? Seems like an administrative nightmare
> if you allow this. NETDOM is still probably your easiest and best route,
> just make it a batch file that accepts a "name" as a parameter.
>
> NETDOM RENAMECOMPUTER machine /NewName:new-name
> /UserD:user [/PasswordD:[password | *]]
> [/UserO:user [/PasswordO:[password | *]]]
> [/Force]
> [/REBoot[:Time in seconds]]
>
>
>
> "YJ Kim" wrote:
>
> > Dear Shenan Stanley,
> >
> > Thank you for your advice..
> > But I want they themselves changing the computer name.
> >
> > I need to simply program or script.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Shenan Stanley" wrote:
> >
> > > YJ Kim wrote:
> > > > I'm Active Directory administrator in some company.
> > > > some time our employee request their computer name change.
> > > > every that time I solved this request by remote control.
> > > > but this situation is very uncomfortable both them and me.
> > > > If possible, when them a computer name it renames oneself the
> > > > rename of computer name by VBS.
> > > >
> > > > How can make to this VBS??
> > >
> > > Sounds like you are trying to over-complicate things...
> > >
> > > Assuming these machines are *in* your active directory, you can rename them
> > > using NETDOM.
> > >
> > > netdom renamecomputer /?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Shenan Stanley
> > > MS-MVP
> > > --
> > > How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> > > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> > >
> > >
> > >

YJ Kim wrote:
> I'm Active Directory administrator in some company.
> some time our employee request their computer name change.
> every that time I solved this request by remote control.
> but this situation is very uncomfortable both them and me.
> If possible, when them a computer name it renames oneself the
> rename of computer name by VBS.
>
> How can make to this VBS??

YJ Kim wrote:
> Thank you for your advice.
>
> I solved this problem..

Would you mind sharing your solution for the benefit of the hundreds of
thousands of individuals that may come across this thread in the future?

http://groups.google.com/group/micro...81dc776639a5dc

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