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Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:41:00 +0200
Subject: Re: Change computername
From: Anatoli Hristov <tolidtm@gmail.com>
To: Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
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Thank you,

I will test this, will keep you posted.

Anatoli

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 7:47 PM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 8:07 AM, Anatoli Hristov <tolidtm@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Can you please help me out how can I change the computername of
>> windows XP with or without the "WIN32" module ?
>
> Untested:
>
> from ctypes import *
>
> ComputerNamePhysicalDnsHostname = 5
>
> computer_name = u'COMPUTER'
>
> success = windll.kernel32.SetComputerNameExW(ComputerNamePhysicalDnsHostname,
>                                              computer_name)
> if success:
>     print("Name changed")
> else:
>     print("Failed")
>
> The process will need admin rights, and the computer will need to be
> rebooted before the change will take effect.
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