Windows Xp - changing the hostname (account name)

[lootera]

Hi,

I want to know about changing the hostname of your system in windows XP. Is it possible? Please help me.
Where should I look to change the hostname.

Thanks in advance.

[FredyB]

Your computer name is the Hostname.
So you can just right click on the My computer & select the properties option.
There you can see computer name tab- Just change the name there.

I hope this helps you.

[garfield1]

You can go to user accounts & change your login account there.
Click Start icon - Control Panel - User Account - There you can change the account name.
I thing this is simple.

[LostIt]

Well I have same question but I want to know that is it possible to change the hostname from command line? Or say if there is a bat file to change the hostname?

Thanks in advance. I don't want to change the user account name but the hostname.

Thanks in advance.

[spuff]

Please try this command I hope it will do the work.

wmic computersystem set name=ABC

ABC is the new name assigned which can be anything you desire.

[Rail racer]

How To Use the Netdom.exe Utility to Rename a Computer in Windows XP

1. Install Windows XP Support Tools from the Support\Tools folder on the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM.
2. At a command prompt, type the following command.NOTE: The following command line has been wrapped to multiple lines to make it easier to read. Enter the command as a single line.

netdom renamecomputer machine /newname:new_computername /userd:domainname\administrator_id /passwordd:* /usero:local_admin
/passwordo:* /reboot:seconds before automatic reboot

A description of the preceding command line is:

* Machine is the current name of the computer.

* New_computername is the name that the computer is going to have.

* Domainname\administrator_id is the network basic input/output system (NetBIOS) domain name and the administrator identification (ID) of a user account that has administrative permissions to the computer object in the domain.

* Local_admin is a user that has local administrative permissions, which can be the same account specified for /userd:

* The asterisk symbol (*) is the value that is connected to the /passwordd: and /passwordo: parameters and specifies that the password should be typed with hidden characters when the command is submitted.

* Time before automatic reboot in seconds is the amount of time before the computer restarts after renaming the computer. If this parameter is not specified, the computer must be restarted manually.

For example, you have a workstation named "Mycomputer" that is a member of a domain named "Mydomain". You want to change the workstation name to "Yourcomputer", and then automatically restart the workstation after 60 seconds. You can use the following command.

NOTE: The following command-line syntax has been wrapped to multiple lines to make it easier to read. You must enter the commands as a single line.
netdom renamecomputer mycomputer /newname:yourcomputer
/userD:mydomain\administrator /passwordd:*
/usero:administrator /passwordo:* /reboot:60