Great post, this has been helpful!!
I want to find out if anyone has had any success with creating a custom Task Sequence that renames a computer??
For instance, I'm working on a TS that will prompt for a new name, unjoin the machine from the domain to a workgroup, then rejoin with a new name.
Thus far I am able to prompt for and obtain the new name either when the TS is launched from PXE by using a TS Variable, or when launched from the Run Advertised Programs control panel applet by using a script to prompt for the name.
The point I am at a stall at is when it comes to applying the new name. From what I know the only time the variable for OSDComputerName is paid attention to is during the "Applying Windows Settings" task. However, since this isn't a full OSD TS there seems to be an issue with using this step in my custom TS. There is a Task Sequence error that references this, it's small but I won't paste it in this entry however, I will attach the error to this posting as a text file if anyone is curious.
This thread has been active on and off so I hope there are still members out there paying attention who might have some ideas on how to get around this or on another method to use. Thanks in advance!
UPDATE:
My Apologies, everyone. I thought I scanned through this entire article but it appears I did not!
There is a posting by AnyWeb on Feb 23rd that provides an option to perform just what I'm trying to do by using a third party name changing tool.
These forums are extremely helpful. Thanks again!
TaskSequenceError.txt