Change computer description

[COMPUTERTECH33]

All, how can I change the computer description remotey?

Thanks

 

[phillid2]

I think you can log on remotely and change it in Control Panel -> System

Don Phillips

http://worthingtonengineering.com

 

[Rick998]

There are several ways that would/should work:-

1) Use RDP or something like VNC to take over the remote desktop and change the information manually.

2) Run 'regedit' (from an account with administrative privileges) and select 'Connect Network Registry) from the 'File' menu. Connect into the registry of the remote PC then navigate to 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM' then, in EACH ControlSet (i.e. CurrentControlSet, ControlSet001, ControlSet002, etc.) navigate to 'Services\lanmanserver\parameters' and amend the string value of the 'srvcomment' key.

For example:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters\srvcomment

(Note that the remote PC needs to be running the Remote Registry Service.)

3) Create a .reg file and use SysInternals' PSEXEC utility to copy the .reg file to the remote PC and execute it with the switch to surpress the confirmation prompt, e.g.:
regedit /s file.reg
The difficulty with this is you would need to know beforehand how many ControlSet keys there were

4) Create a VBS script and use SysInternals' PSEXEC utility to copy the script to the remote PC and execute it. The advantage of this over using a .reg file is that the script can include 'if...then' logic to test for the presence of possible ControlSet keys.

5) If the remote PC logs on to a server then you can also change the description using a logon script.

Hope this information helps...

 

[COMPUTERTECH33]

Thanks Rick. The registry works like a charm.