Basically what I need is a script that will somehow look at the MAC address (possible through ipconfig /all or sysinfo or something) of the Local Area Network connection (on-board NIC) and change the computer to something like:
C:> ipconfig /all
IP ........................... 192.168.0.2
Subnet mask............ 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway....... 192.168.0.1
MAC........................ 00-1E-4F-F5-89-66
Add 'US' to the MAC -> US00-1E-4F-F5-89-66 -> Remove the dashes -> US001E4FF58966
Sorry, for dragging out all of that, I just didn't want any misunderstandings about what I was trying to achieve, I'm not great at scripting at all -- I'm trying to learn (I'm just an intermediate Batch file scripter).
I don't mind if the script is in BATCH, VBScript, PERL, Python ... but I think it would probably be something easily done through VBScript. Like I said, I'm willing to learn as much as possible so if you could run me through what ever you have I would appreciate it.
I'm looking at making either a Automated Windows Deployment and need a way of running a script to change the name -- and then add the computer to the domain. since all of this economy crisis it would be hard to get my work to purchase hundreds of licenses of a Ghost/Symantec product to manage this.
Thanks!