Se avete la necessità di modificare da remoteo il nome di un computer appartenente ad un dominio, allora viene a vostro aiuto il comando NETDOM.
Ad esempio con il seguente comando si modifica il nome da OLD-NAME a NEW-NAME
netdom renamecomputer OLD-NAME /newname:NEW-NAME /ud:NOMEDOMINIO\Administrator /pd:PasswordAmministratore Sintassi :
Syntax NETDOM RENAMECOMPUTER machine_name /NewName:new_name [/UserD:user] [/PasswordD:[password | *]] [/UserO:user] [/PasswordO:[password | *]] [/REBoot[:Time_in_seconds]] [/Force] [/SecurePasswordPrompt] Key: machine The name of the computer to be renamed new_name The new name for the computer. Both the DNS host label and the NetBIOS name are changed to new_name. If new_name is longer than 15 characters, the NetBIOS name is derived from the first 15 characters /UserD User account used to make the connection with the Domain. The domain can be specified as "/ud:domain\user". If domain is omitted, the computer's domain will be used. /PasswordD Password of the user account specified By /UserD. Specifying a * will prompt for the password. /UserO User account used to make the connection with the Machine to be renamed. By default the currently logged on user's account. The domain can be specified as "/uo:domain\user". If domain is omitted, a local computer account is assumed. /PasswordO Password of the user account specified By /UserO. Specifying a * will prompt for the password. /Force Do not prompt for confirmation. /REBoot Shutdown and automatically reboot the machine after the rename has completed. The number of seconds before automatic shutdown can also be provided. Default = 30 seconds /SecurePasswordPrompt Use secure credentials popup to specify credentials. This option should be used when smartcard credentials need to be specified. This option is only in effect when the password value is supplied as *