Re: Cannot change Computer Name

On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:51:33 -0700, bigt <google@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On 7 Jun, 20:25, Malke <notrea...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
bigt wrote:
Chuck,
I did the former. i.e. Computer Name tab, Change Button, Computer Name
field. The other
pcs on the network are running Windows XP Home. On the machine which
will not change
the Computer Name after restarting I am running Norton Internet
Security. Do not know if
that prevents the computer name being changed.

There probably is a function in NIS that prevents registry changes. You
can check with Symantec tech support if you can't find it yourself. If
not, then you have another security program installed that does. You'll
need to look because in normal XP operations with no third-party
interference you can change the computer name exactly as you did with no
problem.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computerswww.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

I checked NIS but could find no option that prevents the registry
being updated.
I emailed Symantec tech support who confirmed that NIS does not
prevent
registry updates. I cannot think of anything else I have installed
that would
interfer with this. I will keep chipping my way at it. It is not too
desparate.
The only thing that appears to be a problem is getting on to the
network.
It seems that the computer name change half worked so that in some
places
it recognises the changed name, in others the orginal name. What I
cannot do
is go back to the original name as, System (in control panel), won't
do anything
if I retype the orginal name as it recognises no change has been made
so not
perform any updates to the bits it changed before.

Thanks for your help anyway.

Get RegMon from SysInternals (Microsoft). See if there's a background process
that's reversing the change.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/essential-tools-for-desktop-and.html#Regmon>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/essential-tools-for-desktop-and.html#Regmon

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