I am researching how to do just what is the subject of this discussion, with one additional step. I would like to append the service tag from the BIOS to our naming convention for the PC's. These are for Public PC's in a library, about 180 of them spread out over 9 branch locaitons. The naming convention is: LIB-?-ServiceTag The ? represents a single character the identifies the branch the PC is located in. (A typical name could be LIB-M-98CTY02). I could change the letter in the name as I went from branch to branch. Also, if possible, how would the code highlighted in this subject be integrated with the answer file (sysprep.inf)? Thank you.