You can change your Windows 10 computer's name to make it more recognizable on your network. Most computers bought from manufacturers have generic names, but it is possible to make your computer's ...

If your company develops Microsoft applications, you may find yourself wrestling with using your code to interact with network services. Using the Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting language, you can ...

If you want to rename your PC in Windows 11, here is how you can do that using Windows Settings, Control Panel, Windows PowerShell, and Command Prompt. Although the method is almost the same as ...

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.

Type in your administrator password and you should get a file that contains the computer name. Change it, save it, done. I had to search this out myself when I organized my home network with a naming ...

Occasionally, your computer may show up on the network with a "(2)" or other number in parentheses after its name. In some cases, it will appear this way in the sidebar of your computer's Finder, but ...

If a conflict occurs in sharing services, your Mac may start changing its name and append sequential numbers to the end of it. Topher Kessler MacFixIt Editor Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 ...