hi,
Hope this is an easy one, I need to flip the serial and name. right now it works but I get the Serial number first then "SiteA(b)(C)
we need SiteA-serialnumber
Write-Host “Please enter your desired Department [1-3] [Default 1]:
- SiteA
- SiteB
- SiteC"
$DM = Read-Host
$validate = $false
if ($DM -eq “” -or $DM -eq “1”) { $DM = “SiteA-”; $validate = $true }
if ($DM -eq “2”) { $DM = “SiteB-”; $validate = $true }
if ($DM -eq “3”) { $DM = “SiteC-”;$validate = $true }
if ($validate -eq $false) { Write-Host “Invalid input, defaulting to [1].”; $DM = “SiteA-”}
$newname = “$(Get-WmiObject win32_bios | select -expand serialnumber)$DM”
Rename-Computer -NewName $newname -Force
$DomainToJoin = “test.com”
i get this
Rename-Computer : Fail to rename computer ‘TESTWIN10B’ to ‘GCHTPV2SiteA-’ due to the following exception: Access is denied.
At line:14 char:1
- Rename-Computer -NewName $newname -Force
-
- CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (TESTWIN10B:String) [Rename-Computer], InvalidOperationException
- FullyQualifiedErrorId : FailToRenameComputer,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RenameComputerCommand