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  Re: Change computername Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-10-17 11:47 -0600

#31528 — Re: Change computername

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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