Change windows computer name domain

Learn More ». Carl Holzhauer This person is a verified professional. Verify your account to enable IT peers to see that you are a professional. I'm sure you could adapt it to prompt you rather than hard-code.

JJoyner This person is a verified professional. Matt wrote: Powershell. JJoyner wrote: Matt wrote: Powershell. Mike Jan 27, at UTC. It would go like this though Powershell.

Does using the Powershell script avoid a reboot? This topic has been locked by an administrator and is no longer open for commenting. Read these next Hello, if the machine should stay in the moment there is no need to remove it and bring into workgroup. Rename it in the domain with an account that has the permission and you are done. Proposed as answer by philamonster Tuesday, November 10, PM. OK, i always thought the correct MS way was to remove it first from then domain, rename it, then add it back to the domain?

Hi, You do not need to remove the computer from the domain before renaming it. Wednesday, November 11, AM. Thursday, September 29, AM. Well, I think what's being missed here is whether or not the PC in question is powered on and connected to the domain at the time. Correct me if I'm wrong, please. Monday, October 5, PM. Tuesday, October 6, AM. I think I am reading it a bit too late!

I changed the name of a domain joined computer to fr example, CLWIN1 without any problem with rename-computer -newname CLWIN1 I did that by logging in to the client with the credentials of the domain administrator.

I am think it can be done also with any other privileged user. Please rate your experience Yes No. Any additional feedback? Module: Microsoft. Renames the specified remote computer. The default is the local computer.

Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet. If you type a user name, this cmdlet prompts you for a password. Forces the command to run without asking for user confirmation. Specifies a new name for the computer. This parameter is required. The name may not consist entirely of digits, and may not be longer than 63 characters Type: String Position: 0 Default value: None Accept pipeline input: True Accept wildcard characters: False.

Returns the results of the command. Otherwise, this cmdlet does not generate any output. Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.

Warning Credential Security Service Provider CredSSP authentication, in which the user credentials are passed to a remote computer to be authenticated, is designed for commands that require authentication on more than one resource, such as accessing a remote network share. Submit and view feedback for This product This page. View all page feedback.