Hi guys I am trying windows server r2 essentials and have a problem when I go to system change computer name the change button is greyed out so I can not change the server name. Anyone has a idea what can I do thanks
server 2012 r2 essentials can not change server name
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Hi guys I am trying windows server r2 essentials and have a problem when I go to system change computer name the change button is greyed out so I can not change the server name. Anyone has a idea what can I do thanks
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Are you logged on as Administrator?
Make sure you're logged in as an admin. If you aren't, well... you'll need to be.
If for whatever reason you are logging in as a non-admin user but have access to admin credentials, try the following command in PowerShell:
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If for whatever reason you are logging in as a non-admin user but have access to admin credentials, try the following command in PowerShell:
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Rename-Computer -NewName NEWSERVERNAMEHERE -LocalCredential currentservername\adminuser -Force -PassThru -Restart
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IN CONTROL PANEL USERS Under my account user name I have DOMAINOriginally Posted by unfbilly11
Are you logged on as Administrator?
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this is what I am getting
Rename-Computer : Fail to rename computer 'WIN-OUNDHRS2Q21' to 'SERVER' due to the following exception: Access
denied.
At line:1 char:1
+ Rename-Computer -NewName SERVER -LocalCredential currentservername\adminuser -Fo ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (WIN-OUNDHRS2Q21:String) [Rename-Computer], InvalidOperationEx
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : FailToRenameComputer,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RenameComputerCommand
HasSucceeded OldComputerName NewComputerName
False WIN-OUNDHRS2Q21 SERVER
Rename-Computer : Fail to rename computer 'WIN-OUNDHRS2Q21' to 'SERVER' due to the following exception: Access
denied.
At line:1 char:1
+ Rename-Computer -NewName SERVER -LocalCredential currentservername\adminuser -Fo ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (WIN-OUNDHRS2Q21:String) [Rename-Computer], InvalidOperationEx
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : FailToRenameComputer,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RenameComputerCommand
HasSucceeded OldComputerName NewComputerName
False WIN-OUNDHRS2Q21 SERVER
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Hi thanks for all your help the problem I am having is I cant seam to find administrator account to log on with it only gives me the domain user .Originally Posted by CAHOP240
If you're logged on as a domain user you won't be able to rename the computer. That error message you're getting points to you not being logged in as an administrator
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It's best to use netdom.exe to rename a domain controller. Assuming this Essentials box is your only server, then you only have one domain controller and it's recommended to add a second DC before doing this.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc816601(v=ws.10).aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc816601(v=ws.10).aspx
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THNAKS It worked great the server name is changed successfullyOriginally Posted by tycoonbob
It's best to use netdom.exe to rename a domain controller. Assuming this Essentials box is your only server, then you only have one domain controller and it's recommended to add a second DC before doing this.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc816601(v=ws.10).aspx
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To those talking about the local administrator account...let's remember that Essentials (once configured) is running Active Directory Domain Services, effectively making it a Domain Controller. Microsoft Domain Controllers do NOT have a normal local administrator account, but instead use a "local domain" account, found in the Builtin OU in your domain. The account is still called "Administrator" though.
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