leecling Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 Recently, I need to change computer description of a NT workstation which already joined a domain (window 2003 server). I had tried to find where I can change the computer description but failed! Can someone help me with this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zartach Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 Start the Active Directory Users and Computers from a management server or DC and navigate to the PC/Server you want to set the description for.rclick on it and select properties, from the pane that shows up you can edit the contents of the description and apply it to the PC.Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctrl-X Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 That changes the description of the AD computer object, not of the computer itself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allen2 Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 If i remember correctly, you should be able to do it with Hyena or Dameware utilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zartach Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 That changes the description of the AD computer object, not of the computer itself Hmm did not know that, well then the only option is to go localy i guess. Hyena etc use the same field that you would configure via ADUC.Localy you can rclick on 'network' -> properties and go to the identification tab, its been a while since i worked with NT though so i could be off a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leecling Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 That changes the description of the AD computer object, not of the computer itself Hmm did not know that, well then the only option is to go localy i guess. Hyena etc use the same field that you would configure via ADUC.Localy you can rclick on 'network' -> properties and go to the identification tab, its been a while since i worked with NT though so i could be off a little.I do research a little bit and found out that only windows 95 & 98 have the computer description option in the identification tab. For the NT, there is only computer name and domain name available in identification tab... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 It's been a long while for me as well, but if I remember correctly you go to Control Panel > Network > Identification tab > Change button. I remember Computer Description being a field in here. However, whether or not this will show up in Network Neighborhood depends on whether or not you're using a WINS server, and if the workstation can contact the PDC emulator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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