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giving computer a name during task sequence - 11/11/2008 9:27:18 AM   
nickmo

 

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Status: offline 		Can anyone provide a quick suggestion on how to have an admin (who is imaging a bare metal PC) give the computer a name rather than allowing a random name to be generated?  I have ideas myself with having a vbscript prompt the admin and then use the value to set a task sequence variable, but I'm not sure if that is the best method or practice.

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RE: giving computer a name during task sequence - 11/11/2008 10:05:15 AM   
anyweb


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Status: offline 		you can use computer Association to pull in the guid or mac address of the computer, give it a computername and import it into a deployment collection

here's a guide of how that works > http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=570&view=findpost&p=829

the computer will end up getting installed with the OS of your choice and with the computername of your choice.

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RE: giving computer a name during task sequence - 11/11/2008 10:12:42 AM   
dmarinoff

 

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Status: offline 		I don't know how to have the TS prompt for a name, but if you wanted to use serial number add this line to the customsettings.ini.

ComputerName=%SerialNumber%

David

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RE: giving computer a name during task sequence - 11/11/2008 10:51:18 AM   
MhermanNBME

 

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Status: offline 		I use a script to bring up an input box, you can either make a package out of it, or map a network drive in the task sequence.  I just put a simple run command line in the beginning of the task sequence (after restart in windows pe).  I also checked the option to continue on error.

Here is the run command line:
"cscript z:\path\setname.vbs"

Here is the setname.vbs:
On Error Resume Next
Set env = CreateObject("Microsoft.SMS.TSEnvironment")
env("OSDComputerName") = InputBox("Enter Computername:","Computer Name",env("OSDComputerName"),50,50)

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RE: giving computer a name during task sequence - 11/11/2008 10:57:21 AM   
xneilpetersonx

 

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Status: offline 		You can add a script to the task sequence that will gather the information and set the OSDComputerName variable. I have chosen to use an .HTA to accomplish this. Here is an example with just the realavant computer name code.

Start Code -------------------------------------------------------------------->

<html>
<head>
<title>Window Title</title>

<HTA:APPLICATION
   APPLICATIONNAME="OSD GATHER"
   SCROLL="no"
   SINGLEINSTANCE="yes"       
   WINDOWSTATE="normal"
   BORDER="thin"
>

</head>

<script language="vbscript" type="text/vbscript">


Sub ButtonFinishClick

   SET env = CreateObject("Microsoft.SMS.TSEnvironment")
   env("OSDComputerName") = computername.Value

 
   window.Close
End Sub

</script>

<body>

<p>Computer Name:</p>


<input type=text id="computerName" name=computerName size=40><br />

<button accesskey=N type=submit id=buttonFinish onclick=ButtonFinishClick ><U>F</U>inish</button>

</body>
</html>

End Code------------------------------------------------------------------->

Hope that helps.

neilp

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RE: giving computer a name during task sequence - 11/11/2008 11:00:15 AM   
MhermanNBME

 

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Status: offline 		As far as I know, by default, the sccm pe doesn't support hta's so you'll have to rebuild your pe image. That's the only reason I did a vbscript rather than hta.

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RE: giving computer a name during task sequence - 11/11/2008 11:07:35 AM   
xneilpetersonx

 

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Status: offline 		Good Point!! Just to note if you do have the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit integrated I believe you can create a custom Boot Image from there that will have .HTA support. This would be done by simply right clicking on "Boot Images" in the CM console, and then clicking "Create Boot Image using Microsoft Deployment".

neilp

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RE: giving computer a name during task sequence - 11/11/2008 11:10:17 AM   
xneilpetersonx

 

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Status: offline 		This may provide some guidance on modifying WinPE if not using MDT.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709665.aspx

neilp

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RE: giving computer a name during task sequence - 11/21/2008 2:32:33 AM   
hpaul

 

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Status: offline 		You can use wsname.exe
Add a runonce to your sysprep call wsname.exe to change the name of the machine. I do it from a text fill, it looks for the mac address and renames the machine to whatever I want;
0022334488=Machine2

I do it from a workgroup and then conect to a domain within TS.

Have a look at wsanme it has a lot of options

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RE: giving computer a name during task sequence - 11/21/2008 10:21:04 AM   
xneilpetersonx

 

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Status: offline 		I've put a few blogs up detailing my custom scripts which allow for on the fly computer naming plus many other useful "things". It is my first "technical" document and could probably use some editing, but everything is there.

http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/xneilpetersonx/default.aspx

Let me know if you find it useful.

neilp

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RE: giving computer a name during task sequence - 11/25/2008 3:36:57 AM   
cpierer

 

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Status: offline 		I do it like this, to provide a name to my Computers:

Just prestage the PCs in active directory and make them to mangaed pcs. This means you should anter a GUID.
The GUID must not be the real GUID it is possible to enter it like this: 00000000000000000000<MAC> this should be 32 digits.
Next step is to import the computer settings to sccm like anyweb told you.
Now you just have to insert Computername=%MachineName% into you unattend or sysprep file.

hth

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