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12-05-2005, 02:44 PM
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Foldin' For PCMech!
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Computer Name
Is there some text file or something somewhere on a computer that will have the current computer name listed? I know its in the registry but I would prefer to find a file with the same info.
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12-05-2005, 02:52 PM
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i believe if you right-click on the destop and view the properties, its some where in there. you can view/change the name.
either that or it may be found somewhere in the control panel. lol, i know this is a very vauge answer but i remember seeing it somewhere around there and i just can't think of the exact location. |
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12-05-2005, 02:58 PM
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Right-click My Computer....
thats not what I was talking about tho. I need a txt/inf/dat/etc file that contains the name. |
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12-05-2005, 02:59 PM
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Control Panel->System Icon->COMPUTER Name tab
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12-05-2005, 02:59 PM
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Ride 'em Cowboy
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The name is going to burried in the registry.
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12-05-2005, 03:04 PM
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Foldin' For PCMech!
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I was afraid of that. :P
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12-05-2005, 03:16 PM
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Ride 'em Cowboy
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This is "probably" the main spot for it:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComputerDescriptions |
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12-05-2005, 03:21 PM
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if not, couldn't you find out the name of the computer and search the registry for it?
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12-05-2005, 03:23 PM
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Foldin' For PCMech!
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I found it in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Control\ComputerName\ComputerName I would prefer finding it in a file some where tho... |
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12-07-2005, 04:08 PM
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hmm
what is the advantage of changing the computer name within a file as opposed to within the interface of windows?
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12-07-2005, 06:11 PM
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I don't want to change the name, Im writing a program and I need to be able to get the computer name but I don't want to go in the reg to get it.
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