Change computername

[Anatoli Hristov]

Hello,

Can you please help me out how can I change the computername of
windows XP with or without the "WIN32" module ?

Thanks

[Ian Kelly]

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.

[Anatoli Hristov]

Thank you,

I will test this, will keep you posted.

Anatoli

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[Anatoli Hristov]

It does not work the result is "0"

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

[Chris Angelico]

On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Anatoli Hristov <tol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It does not work the result is "0"
>
> And I don't find any documentation about it :(

Microsoft's official documentation can usually be found at the other
end of a web search. In this case:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms724931(v=vs.85).aspx

You may need to call GetLastError to find out the actual problem.

ChrisA