{"id":6033,"date":"2016-01-19T08:37:50","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T08:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=6033"},"modified":"2016-01-19T08:43:01","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T08:43:01","slug":"3-ways-to-change-computer-name-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/3-ways-to-change-computer-name-in-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Ways to Change Computer Name in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

How can I change the name of my Windows 10 computer from Command Prompt? Whatever the reason you want to rename your computer, here’s our step-by-step tutorial on how to change computer name in Windows 10, from Control Panel, PC Settings and Command Prompt.<\/p>\n

Method 1: Change Computer Name from Control Panel<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. To begin, you have to open the Control Panel. Simply press the Windows key + X to open the Quick Access menu and click “Control Panel<\/strong>“.\n

    \"open-control-panel\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  2. Set the View by<\/strong> option to Large icons<\/strong>. Click on System<\/strong>.\n

    \"control-panel\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. Scroll down to the “Computer name, domain, and workgroup settings<\/em>” section, click on Change settings<\/strong>.\n

    \"system-info\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  4. The System Properties screen will open with the “Computer Name<\/em>” tab already selected. Click on the Change…<\/strong> button.\n

    \"system-properties\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  5. Now type the new name you want in the “Computer name<\/em>” box and click OK<\/strong>.\n

    \"change-computer-name\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  6. A restart will be required to complete the name change, and after that, you’re all set!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Method 2: Change Computer Name from PC Settings<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Click on Start to access the Start Menu. Select Settings<\/strong>.\n

      <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    2. When the PC Settings app opens, click on System<\/strong>.\n

      \"pc-settings\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    3. Go to the About section and then click on “Rename PC<\/strong>“.\n

      \"about-system\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    4. Type the new name you want to use and click on Next<\/strong>.\n

      \"rename-your-pc\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    5. You will be prompted to restart your PC to apply your new settings, click on Restart Now<\/strong> to proceed.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Method 3: Change Computer Name from Command Prompt<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Looking for a way to change Windows 10 host name via command line? Here’s how to rename Windows 10 computer name from Command Prompt (cmd):<\/p>\n

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      1. Press the Windows key + X to open the Quick Access menu. Click on Command Prompt (Admin)<\/strong>.\n

        \"command-prompt-admin\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

      2. In the Command Prompt, you can use the WMIC computersystem<\/strong> command to change your computer name easily, assuming you know the current computer name.
        \n\tWMIC computersystem where caption='current_pc_name' rename new_pc_name<\/code><\/p>\n

        \tReplace current_pc_name<\/em> with your current computer name, and new_pc_name<\/em> with your desired new computer name.<\/p>\n

        \"rename-pc-name-from-command\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

      3. After running the command, you need to reboot the computer to make the changes effective.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        This method works on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP and Windows Server 2012\/2008\/2003. This command can also be used from a batch file to rename any Windows computer, including domain-joined machines.<\/p>\n

        Besides changing the name of a local computer, you can also use WMIC command to rename a remote computer<\/strong> on the same network.\u00a0For example, if want to rename a remote PC named Jon-Laptop<\/em> to Jon-Tech<\/em> and you know the login credentials, then type this command in the Command Prompt:<\/p>\n

        WMIC \/node:\"Jon-Laptop\"<\/strong>\u00a0\/user:Admin<\/strong>\u00a0\/password:password123<\/strong> computersystem call rename \"Jon-Tech<\/strong>\"<\/code><\/p>\n

        The value following\u00a0\/node:<\/em>\u00a0indicates the name of the remote computer on the LAN. The value following \/user:<\/em> must be an admin account on the remote computer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        How can I change the name of my Windows 10 computer from Command Prompt? Whatever the reason you want to rename your computer, here’s our step-by-step tutorial on how to change computer name in Windows 10, from Control Panel, PC Settings and Command Prompt. Method 1: Change Computer Name from Control Panel To begin, you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,1894],"tags":[2488,2487,2489,2486,2483,2485,2484],"class_list":["post-6033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","tag-change-computer-name-cmd","tag-change-computer-name-command-line","tag-change-network-computer-name","tag-change-windows-computer-name","tag-rename-computer","tag-rename-computer-name","tag-rename-windows-computer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6033"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6048,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6033\/revisions\/6048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}