mcseguy9
04-30-2002, 05:24 PM
in our win2k ad network there are a number of pc's that have computer names with underscore characters in them. when the win2k migration took place some of the pc's were given names with underscore characters by mistake. some of those were fixed and some were not. most of the pc's have computer names with dashes in them. we want all of the pc's to have computer names with dashes instead of the mixture. we know that some of the pc's with underscore characters can be deleted, but we aren't sure which one's those are.
i want to know if it's possible to create a batch file that can pull usernames and computer names during login and place them in a file. i'm thinking that from this file we can match user's to pc's and get an idea of which pc's aren't actually in use on the network and can be deleted (the one's with underscore characters). if we find that there are some with underscore characters that are being logged onto we will obviously need to go to those machines to change them. the main thing i want to do is find out which pc's aren't actively being used.
oh yeah, i do understand that if i delete a pc from ad that is used it won't be able to log onto the network.
any help would be great. thx.
i want to know if it's possible to create a batch file that can pull usernames and computer names during login and place them in a file. i'm thinking that from this file we can match user's to pc's and get an idea of which pc's aren't actually in use on the network and can be deleted (the one's with underscore characters). if we find that there are some with underscore characters that are being logged onto we will obviously need to go to those machines to change them. the main thing i want to do is find out which pc's aren't actively being used.
oh yeah, i do understand that if i delete a pc from ad that is used it won't be able to log onto the network.
any help would be great. thx.