Re: Automatic Computer Naming With Sysprep?

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From: Oli Restorick [MVP] (oli_at_mvps.org)
Date: 11/10/04 

Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 23:04:43 -0000

Hi Dan

I wrote a program a while back (has two years flown by already?) that does
an automatic computer rename. It's called "compname" (original, huh?) and
you can get it from www.willowhayes.co.uk

This can generate a name by pulling information from many sources, including
the SMBIOS serial number (a.k.a. asset tag), date, a random element and
reverse DNS lookup (undocumented, but it's ?D).

I use the cmdlines.txt file in $oem$ as a launch point for this. The
program needs one reboot for the name change to take effect and you'll want
to script a domain join using netdom.exe after that reboot (requiring one
more reboot).

Hope this helps

Oli

"Dan DeStefano" <ddestefanoATiagrDOTnet> wrote in message
news:Okynuh2xEHA.3844@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Is it possible to automate computer naming using Sysprep? I know that
> during
> an unattended installation, you can use a .udb file to assign computer
> names. Is there a way this can be done using a Sysprep answer file? I have
> not found out how to do this so far. When using Setup Manager to create a
> sysprep.inf file, there is no option to create a .udb file for computer
> names, yet when creating an unattend.txt file, this option is present. Is
> this because unattended setup sets the computer name while the OS is being
> installed and when using Sysprep, the OS is already installed and the
> computer name would need to be changed? Could .udb files be used with
> sysprep images?
>
> Anyway, does anyone know of a way to automate the assigning of computer
> names using a Sysprep image? Using any method - .udb file, script, etc.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Dan DeStefano
>
>

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