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.

You can find your computer's name on a Windows PC by opening the "About" menu. On a Mac, you'll find your computer's name in the System Preferences app, under "Sharing." Your computer's personal name ...

If you don't like the default name your PC has, you can always learn how to change it. Changing your PC's name lets you call it whatever you like while getting rid of that non-descript ...

If you are seeing the PC name is invalid error on Windows 11, you can fix it with the following fixes. Make sure you are logged in as an administrator Make sure your ...

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I recently tried to use a Raspberry Pi 5 as a regular desktop PC. The experiment wasn’t a failure—I was able to use a Pi to get most of my work done for a few days. But the device’s performance, and ...

Microsoft recently changed the name "Xbox Game Pass for PC" to simply "PC Game Pass," and now the company has offered a little more insight into why it made the swap. Microsoft's Jason Beaumont said ...