Set-ComputerName.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script renames a computer using WMI. 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script uses the Rename method from
6.     the Win32_OperatingSystem WMI class.  
7.     This is sample 5 from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394586 
8. .NOTES 
9.     File Name  : Set-ComputerName.ps1 
10.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
11.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
12. .LINK 
13.     This script posted to: 
14.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
15.     MSDN sample posted tot: 
16.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394586%28VS.85%29.aspx 
17. .EXAMPLE 
18.     Left as an exercise for the Reader 
19. #> 
20. # This script takes two parameters, The computer to  
21. # rename and then the newname for that computer 
22.  
23. param ( 
24. [$String] $NewName = 'NewName', 
25. [$string] $Comp = "." 
26. } 
27.  
28. # Get computer object 
29. $Computer = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_ComputerSystem -ComputerName $comp 
30.  
31. #Rename the Computer 
32. $Return  = $Computer.Rename($NewName) 
33.  
34. if ($return.ReturnValue -eq 0) { 
35.    "Computer name is now: $NewName" 
36.    " but you need to reboot first" 
37. } else { 
38. "  RenameFailed, return code: {0}" -f $return.ReturnValue 
39. }