To change a Mac's name, edit the "Computer Name" field in the "Sharing" pane in System Preferences. Changing your Mac's computer name will also change its host name. You can change the host name ...

I need to take a running windows desktop box that's part of a domain, give it a new computer name, and then continue working on it (with the box having the new name), without having to reboot at all.

Is there a reliable way to get the hostname of a remote computer using VBScript?<BR><BR>I'm trying to write a script that will check for a particular program on all computers in a specified IP range.