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Can you change the computer name remotely

Last response: in Windows 7
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Yes you can.

Take a look at the netdom command. It is part of the remote server admin tools. It is documented here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772217(v=ws.10).aspx

The Windows 7 RSAT is available here:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id...

Here is a sample command for renaming a domain-joined computer. Note that to run this command you will need a user account that is a local admin on the remote machine and that has sufficient permissions in active directory to change the computer name:

netdom renamecomputer <computer_name> /newname:<new_name> /userd:<domain>\<username with privilige to do the rename> /passwordd:<password of account> /force /reboot:120


Note that the above command will perform a reboot after 2 minutes, which may not be what you want.

Watch out for things like the password - note the switch is /passwordd, not /password.

--Russel

Edit - I initially wrote that netdom was a Sysinternals utility, but it is part of the Windows 7 RSAT.
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