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April 03, 2011 |
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April 03, 2011 |
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Introduction |
In this article
I will be showing you were you can find your current computer
name and how you can change it.
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By default, when you install
Windows 7 and type your username at the time of
installation, the computer name would be in this format
: USERNAME-PC
To change the computer name, log on
with an administrator account and then follow
the below steps :
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Click the
Start button
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right-click Computer,
and then click Properties.
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The basic system information
page will open, you will find the computer name,
under the computer name, domain, and
workgroup settings section. As you can
see, the computer I'm currently working with has
a computer name : HOME-PC
To change the computer name, click on
Change settings
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The System Properties
page will open, under the Computer Name
tab, click on the Change
button
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Inside the Computer Name
textbox, you can find your current machine name.
To change it, type your new computer name and
then click on OK
Once you click OK, you will receive a dialog box
informing you that the changes will not take
effect till you restart your machine. Click
OK
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You will be taken back to the
System Properties page, with the note in the
bottom of this page, reminding you to restart
your computer so that changes take effect
Once you click Close, a dialog
box asking you to restart your machine will be
displayed. Click Restart Now.
If you don't want to restart now, then click
Restart Later.
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After your machine is rebooted,
to confirm that your machine
name was changed, go back to the basic system
information page and check the computer name
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