Change computer name with regedit

[Mecke]

I there any way to change computername with regedit or make a script file.
I have ghost master and 10 computers thats i must changes name once every week.
Anyone?

[tom lightbody]

>...10 computers that i must change name once every week...
under *nix, the name is in the textfile /etc/hostname: here's a simple script to change <oldname> to <newname>:
"sed 's/oldname/newname/' </etc/hostname >/etc/h
mv /etc/h /etc/hostname"
This could be a weekly cronjob. If you're stuck with MS, maybe more difficult:-)

[Wiz]

>...10 computers that i must change name once every week...
under *nix, the name is in the textfile /etc/hostname: here's a simple script to change <oldname> to <newname>:
"sed 's/oldname/newname/' </etc/hostname >/etc/h
mv /etc/h /etc/hostname"
This could be a weekly cronjob. If you're stuck with MS, maybe more difficult:-)

I don't think Mecke or any other windows user find this very useful. Since Mecke talk about regedit and posted this under the Windows OS forum it's pretty obvious it's a windows question.

Mecke: I'm not sure what changes that is required to change the windows hostname, but i'm pretty sure there is more then one change in the registry required for a hostname change. I think the easiest way is to find som tool that can do this automatically and also change the SID (which is required if the PC is a member of a windows domain). Maybe i'm wrong, but isn't such a tool included with ghost?
I did a google search for "+windows +"computername" +change" and found some tools pretty easy, but not sure how well they work. Do you want a random hostname generated or is it ok to manully specify a hostname every time it's changed?

[Mecke]

They most have the same name everytime, i use the serialnumber on the computer and a locationcode for the name.
It's is an educationroom they is used in, And we are RE-Ghost them every week to have a clean computer.

I'm trying to make it more time efficient to reinstall them.

[Casper118]

If that is the case.

Just use PXE Boot and have them download the images on bootup.

Take ya a few weeks to do the work but works like a charm after that.

Then you just have to turn the computer on for a new image to reinstall itself.