Dan- You can certainly script this with netdom. If you want to use sysprep, you could set the compnay name to be that dny01pd, and then sysprep will populate the rest with random crap. --Brian Desmond [EMAIL PROTECTED] Payton on the web! www.wpcp.org v - 773.534.0034 x135 f - 773.534.8101
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Dan DeStefano Sent: Mon 2/14/2005 2:04 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] Automate Computer Name Changes I have not been able to find a way to sufficiently solve the following problem: automatically changing computer names after imaging. I would like to reassign computer names based on a company naming convention plus variable. So a computer name would be something like "dny01pd***", with the asterisks representing an automatically assigned number. As far as I know, Sysprep does not allow this; it will only allow you to assign a random name, which is not acceptable. I am not using unattended installations so I cannot use .udb files to assign computer names. I have been using GhostWalker to rename and join the PCs to a domain after imaging, but it just randomly-assigns numbers for the variables. This is a little better, but GhostWalker doesn't increment the numbers, nor does it check the network for duplicate names (or so I'm told by Symantec support). Ideally, what I would like is some program or script or whatever, that can be run after imaging that will assign computer names consecutively or will consult a file for a list of names; then go and check on the network for a duplicate name preferably by fqdn - and ideally, be able to join the PC to a domain and assign it to a specific OU as icing on the cake. Does anyone know of a tool that will do this? (Are you working on something like this, Joe?) I am also curious about how others currently handle imaging and automatic computer naming. Dan DeStefano
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