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Questions tagged [computer-name]

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How long can a Windows computer name be?

Is there a limit to the number of allowed characters for Windows computer names? If so, what is the limit?
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Why does remote desktop not work for me by computer name, and only by IP?

I have a computer at work that I can only connect to remotely when using the computer's IP address and not when using the computer's name. I can see my computer name is set up correctly as "JoshPC" (for example), and there don't appear to be any…
Josh Comley
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How To Change Device Name Used By Google Chrome Browser For History Tracking

As seen in the image below, this is what Google Chrome thinks the hostname of the Windows 10 machine is. However this is not the case and the hostname is something completely different. How can this be changed?
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Is changing the Windows computer name dangerous?

Windows versions before 10 asked for the machine name at installation time so that you could set it once and never change it. Windows 10 no longer asks for that so that you might want/need to change the name after installation time. Is it dangerous…
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Recover Previous Computer Names

Does your computer store a list of all computer names it has had? For example, let's say your computer name is changed each reboot, would your computer somewhere have a list of all the previous computer names it has had?
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Is computer name a hostname that I can point it to an IP?

On my Windows7, when I get into the properties of My Computer, I can see that my computer name is compname123. It seems that when I ping or connect (say remote access) to this computer from another computer, I can just write in the hostname…
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What is the difference between "Computer name" and "Full Computer Name"

When I'm looking at "System Information" on Windows OS I can see two fields which have the same values. Computer name and Full computer name. So what is the difference between "Computer name" and "Full computer name"?
Amirreza Nasiri
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Windows XP: how to change computer name without reboot?

Under Windows XP, is it possible to change the computer name without rebooting? If so, how?
Hugh Allen
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Scan for computers from IP Range

I'm looking for a way to scan all the computers on our network and bring back there computer name and allocated IP. For example: scanrange -s 10.222.0.0 -e 10.222.255.255 The result I'm looking for are like so 10.222.4.2 -…
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Change computer name of an Ubuntu desktop computer

How can I change the computer name on an Ubuntu desktop computer? I already tried changing the /etc/hostname file but that only caused the wireless to stop working. I found an old guide that suggested changing the setting under networking, but that…
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Connected to office via VPN. How to resolve computer names?

I'm using VPN Tracker to get an VPN connection to work. My problem, though, is that I have to use ip addresses to connect to 'in-office'-computers. How can I make my mac resolve computer names belonging the office-network? Thanks, -Vegar
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VirtualBox Issue: virtualbox changed my Computer Name's ip address in Windows

I had installed virtualbox 4.2.2 in Windows 7. My Computer Name is: MY-PC My IP address (using ipconfig /all command) is: 192.168.1.101 My IP is dynamic and I set DNS to google dns (8.8.8.8) When I ping MY-PC, I got this result: Pinging MY-PC…
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Windows 8.1 laptop: How to assign to it 2 NETBIOS computer names?

As far as TCP/IP names are concerned, I can always assign more than one hostname to the same IP. It works great, if I use this trick at the client machine, i.e. not "the server with 2 hostnames". But with NETBIOS computer names, the situation is not…
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Windows 8.1: How to make it forget an updated computer name?

I used to have a network share on an external Samba server named mysmb. The network share itself was accessed via \\mysmb\myshare. I connected to it from my new Windows 8.1 laptop, copied its content to a local folder (same name), then shared it. So…
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How to change ownership in Ubuntu 11.10?

I recently got a new comp and gave my not so old one to my hubby. It is obviously all in my name, so I am wondering how to change the name of my computer and root and everything from my name and username and password to his. He changed the display…
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