Change windows hostname from command line

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Is it possible to change the hostname in Windows 2003 from the command line with out-of-the-box tools

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Use below command to change computer hostname remotely , Require system reboot after change..

psexec.exe -h -e \\\IPADDRESS -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD netdom renamecomputer CurrentComputerName /newname:NewComputerName /force

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The previously mentioned wmic command is the way to go  as it is installed by default in recent versions of Windows     Here is my small improvement to generalize it  by retrieving the current name from the environment   wmic computersystem where name   COMPUTERNAME         call rename name  NEW-NAME    NOTE  The command must be given in one line  but I ve broken it into two to make scrolling unnecessary   As  rbeede mentions you ll have to reboot to complete the update

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Here s another way of doing it with a WHS script   Set objWMIService   GetObject  Winmgmts root cimv2    For Each objComputer in       objWMIService InstancesOf  Win32 ComputerSystem        objComputer rename  NewComputerName   NULL  NULL  Next   Source

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The netdom exe command line program can be used   This is available from the Windows XP Support Tools or Server 2003 Support Tools  both on the installation CD    Usage guidelines here

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Why be easy when it can be complicated  Why use third-party applications like netdom exe when correct interogations is the way  Try 2 interogations   wmic computersystem where caption   computername   get caption  UserName  Domain  format value  wmic computersystem where  caption like     computername      get caption  UserName  Domain  format value  or in a batch file use loop  for  f  tokens 2 delims      i in   wmic computersystem where  Caption like     currentname      get UserName  format value   do  echo  UserName-   i

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I don t know of a command to do this  but you could do it in VBScript or something similar  Somthing like   sNewName    put new name here    Set oShell   CreateObject   WSCript shell      sCCS    HKLM SYSTEM CurrentControlSet    sTcpipParamsRegPath   sCCS  amp   Services Tcpip Parameters    sCompNameRegPath   sCCS  amp   Control ComputerName     With oShell   RegDelete sTcpipParamsRegPath  amp   Hostname    RegDelete sTcpipParamsRegPath  amp   NV Hostname     RegWrite sCompNameRegPath  amp   ComputerName ComputerName   sNewName   RegWrite sCompNameRegPath  amp   ActiveComputerName ComputerName   sNewName   RegWrite sTcpipParamsRegPath  amp   Hostname   sNewName   RegWrite sTcpipParamsRegPath  amp   NV Hostname   sNewName  End With   oShell   MsgBox  Computer name changed  please reboot your computer     Original

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cmd  command     netdom renamecomputer  COMPUTERNAME   Newname  NEW-NAME    powershell  windows 2008 2012    netdom renamecomputer   env COMPUTERNAME   Newname  NEW-NAME    after that  you need to reboot your computer

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If you are looking to do this from Windows 10 IoT  then there is a built in command you can use   setcomputername  newname   Unfortunately  this command does not exist in the full build of Windows 10

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