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Without sysprepping (just uploading then deploying) I can get FOG to seamlessly join an imaged computer to a domain, and FOG will also supply a computer name I specify in the management console. My confusion (and question) comes when you supply a answer file to sysprep. If a computer name is supplied and or is blank e.g.

<ComputerName></ComputerName>

(or ComputerName tag omitted from the unattend.xml) will FOG correctly supply a computer name without windows generating a random name or prompting? How does FOG join a domain if a domain join is not already specified in the answer file?

Thanks!

andrsnn
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Figured this out from the documentation here:

Hostname Changer

On Windows startup, the Fog Client service compares the computer name with the information stored in the Fog database. If the names are different, it will automatically rename and reboot the computer. This service can be used in conjunction with automated Windows setup after imaging. If the computer name is left blank in the unattended setup answer file, Windows 7 will assign a random name to the computer. The correct name will be assigned by the Fog hostname changer.

andrsnn
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