You can change your Windows 10 computer's name to make it more recognizable on your network. Most computers bought from manufacturers have generic names, but it is possible to make your computer's ...

You can find the hostname of any computer with a public IP address by passing the address to any Domain Name System (DNS) server. However, since the computers on a small business network have private ...

Is your Windows computer stuck with a name you don't particularly like? A new PC sports a name courtesy of the vendor, but you can change it. Whatever version of Windows you're running—Windows 10, 8.1 ...

If you want to rename your PC in Windows 11, here is how you can do that using Windows Settings, Control Panel, Windows PowerShell, and Command Prompt. Although the method is almost the same as ...

This post explains how to find your computer’s username and password in Windows 11. Usernames and passwords are assigned to users when they first set up their Windows account. They are the unique ...

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A couple of weeks ago, I upgraded some of my lab servers to Windows Server 2016. Although the upgrade process seemed to work flawlessly, my hectic schedule prevented me from doing an exhaustive ...

When you set up a new Mac, macOS gives the computer a generic name that includes the first name of the owner – "Tim's ‌MacBook Pro," for example. This default name is used for identifying the device ...