Re: renaming workstations

Hello Mark,

You don't have to take care about the date. I thought you would like to no
that date and add it to the name.

For the computer name keep in mind that not more then 15 characters are used,
as this is the limit of the NetBios name.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909264

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS] wrote:
>
>> Hello Mark,
>> You can rename the domain machines normally without any problems. If
>> DNS is configured correct they will register themself with the new
>> name.
>> No server reboot is required.
> Ah, thanks.
>
>> Don't know what you like to achive with
>> the dates, but are you aware of the AD UC computer account
>> properties that also contains the date when the object was created in
>> AD the first time and the last date when something was modified on
>> it?
> No. I had no idea. Is it something I need to be aware of?
> I'm not bothered about knowing when each workstation was first created
> on
> the network (if I've understood your comments correctly..) just want
> to
> re-name them all with something more comprehensively understandable.
> Not
> that it's an issue but there are only about 24 workstations on the
> network...
> best
>
> mark
>
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Many want the names to be obscure for security reasons so an intruder won't
know the role or position of the machine by the name.

I use the Serial Number (service tag) as the name. I then use the
Decsription field in the Active Directory Users and Computers to describe
the machine where I can be more thorough in decribing it than the machine
name can be. Plus if I need support on the machines and Dell asks for the
Service Tag I already know what it is without have to run to the machine and
write it down.

Another thing abotu using hte Serial Number is that it will always be unique
and it will never have to be changed.

--
Phillip Windell

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
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Hi Frank,
I haven't run into problems yet. But I have had name conflicts by "making
up" names myself by forgettinging that I already named one that way,...or
come into an environment where someone else named them before I came along
and wasn't fully aware of all the names in use.


--
Phillip Windell

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
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"Frankster" <> wrote in message
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>> Another thing abotu using hte Serial Number is that it will always be
>> unique and it will never have to be changed.
>
> Unless you have machines from more than one manufacturer and/or more than
> one model number of a machine.
>
> -Frank