illDecree Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 (edited) I work in the IT dept of a very large gov't network. currently we are trying to implement a way to automatically display the computer name somewhere that is easy to find for the end user. Currently, there are a large number of PC's that have the computer name listed in the taskbar, as a toolbar. this is done by creating an empty folder named after the computer name, and setting it as a toolbar in the task bar. does anyone know of a way to deploy this automatically network wide? i have heard of this being done before. Also, we are currently running XP, and this needs to work on Win7 eventually as well. Edited January 21, 2009 by illDecree Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/725558-pc-name-hack/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berserk87 Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Ive seen it before displayed on the desktop. whats wrong with your current folder method>? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/725558-pc-name-hack/#findComment-590459780 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagisan Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Berserk87 said: whats wrong with your current folder method>? Implementing it on a large amount of computers is extremely time consuming, I think he is looking for a way to automatically do it (like a reg hack or something that can be sent to all comps at once). Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/725558-pc-name-hack/#findComment-590459812 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-uk Veteran Posted January 21, 2009 Veteran Share Posted January 21, 2009 theres a program you could use called bginfo http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinte...s/bb897557.aspx you could set it to just display the pc name and deploy it to all the computers on the network Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/725558-pc-name-hack/#findComment-590459836 Share on other sites More sharing options...
illDecree Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 Berserk87 said: Ive seen it before displayed on the desktop.whats wrong with your current folder method>? The problem w/the current method is, it's done manually. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/725558-pc-name-hack/#findComment-590459880 Share on other sites More sharing options...
illDecree Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 Colin-uk said: theres a program you could use called bginfo http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinte...s/bb897557.aspx you could set it to just display the pc name and deploy it to all the computers on the network Colin: Thank you VERY much!!! this will work absolutely perfectly! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/725558-pc-name-hack/#findComment-590459956 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted January 21, 2009 MVC Share Posted January 21, 2009 The tool BGinfo Colin-uk linked to is good suggestion. It can put way more than just computername on the desktop as well. Or you can have them run from the network or place on their machine a simple script. -- Set WshNetwork = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Network") WScript.Echo "You Computer Name = " & WshNetwork.ComputerName -- This will popup a msgbox telling them what their computer name is. Or you could change the registry on the machines HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\LocalizedString Put in %Computername% for example -- now vs saying My Computer under the My Computer Icon is will show their computername, you could get fancy and put in their username as well as the computername. There are plenty of ways you could do a mass change of this reg key, etc. Or have them run just run the command hostname. Windowkey+R cmd /k hostname Will popup a box showing them their computername. There must a be a zillion different ways to accomplish the simple task of showing the user the name of their computer -- Do you not label them when you roll them out? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/725558-pc-name-hack/#findComment-590460050 Share on other sites More sharing options...
illDecree Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 BudMan said: The tool BGinfo Colin-uk linked to is good suggestion. It can put way more than just computername on the desktop as well.Or you can have them run from the network or place on their machine a simple script. -- Set WshNetwork = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Network") WScript.Echo "You Computer Name = " & WshNetwork.ComputerName -- This will popup a msgbox telling them what their computer name is. Or you could change the registry on the machines HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\LocalizedString Put in %Computername% for example -- now vs saying My Computer under the My Computer Icon is will show their computername, you could get fancy and put in their username as well as the computername. There are plenty of ways you could do a mass change of this reg key, etc. Or have them run just run the command hostname. Windowkey+R cmd /k hostname Will popup a box showing them their computername. There must a be a zillion different ways to accomplish the simple task of showing the user the name of their computer -- Do you not label them when you roll them out? They are absolutely labeled on rollout, but we are trying to think of a much easier way for the helpdesk to coax a customer into finding the name. if it were statically placed somewhere very easy to see, like how i mentioned earlier, it would make things much easier on the help desk guys. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/725558-pc-name-hack/#findComment-590460188 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-uk Veteran Posted January 21, 2009 Veteran Share Posted January 21, 2009 illDecree said: Colin:Thank you VERY much!!! this will work absolutely perfectly! no probs :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/725558-pc-name-hack/#findComment-590460216 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 BudMan said: Put in %Computername% for example -- now vs saying My Computer under the My Computer Icon is will show their computername, you could get fancy and put in their username as well as the computername. We did %username% on %computername%, it's so nice. :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/725558-pc-name-hack/#findComment-590460678 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEX4S Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 illDecree - go ahead and send me all of the info of your network. IP addresses, passwords, firewall settings, computer names, OS , everything - and .....uhh.... I'll get back to you ..... :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/725558-pc-name-hack/#findComment-590474466 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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