Renaming a windows 7 PC using a script

Has anyone used a script in Kace1000 to rename a Windows 7 PC
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  • in or out of a domain?
  • On the Domain
    • you may need to use netdom and run the script on a dc not the workstation
  • http://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/298593
  • After installing the Server admin tools on my desktop, I was able to run "netdom.exe renamecomputer TESTPC /newname:TestPC2 /userd:Domaim\Username /passwordd:password /force /reboot:120" This allows me to run the command from my desktop but how would I do that in a kace script.
    Does the Kace script run locally on the desktop when it is pushed?
    • since the tools are on your machine you target your machine with the script and it carries out the command in the domain for you.
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use launch a program

directory = c:\windows\system32
file = cmd.exe
parameters = /c WMIC ComputerSystem where Name="COMPUTER-NAME" call Rename Name=NewName
Answered 04/06/2015 by: SMal.tmcc
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WMIC ComputerSystem where Name="COMPUTER-NAME" call Rename Name=NewName
Answered 04/06/2015 by: SMal.tmcc
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  • I have used that before but since I am new to Kace. How would it put that into a kace script
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Answered 04/07/2015 by: VBScab
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  • sometime you have to take chances to help others
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