How to remotely change the computer name on many Windows XP computers?

I am about to join 1600 computers to my Active Directory domain. Their current names contain underscores, which violates the corporate naming policy. I have to change their names before I join them. These are remote machines, so I will probably use some sort of script. Before anyone suggests netdom, it only works on domain members.How to remotely change the computer name on many Windows XP computers?
Not sure if this works for what you want but.... go to manage computer, right click computer managment %26gt; connect to another computer %26gt; change name......



Wait , just tried it.......never mind, that will only change description and not name...



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/hello thereHow to remotely change the computer name on many Windows XP computers?
After you Install the Support Tools, You can use the below Command



netdom renamecomputer machine /newname:new_computername /userd:domainname\administrato?/passwordd:* /usero:local_admin

/passwordo:* /reboot:seconds before automatic reboot

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You are dealing with large network man!... You don't really need to change computers name remotely. Delegate authority to your local administrator to do that and also right to join computer to a domain so that you can face core administrative task... Like remote server updates, user creation, remote access such as VPN.....e.t.c



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