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Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 10:22:55 +0200
Subject: Re: Change computername
From: Anatoli Hristov <tolidtm@gmail.com>
To: Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
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It does not work the result is "0"

And I don't find any documentation about it :(


On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 8:41 AM, Anatoli Hristov <tolidtm@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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