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Universal Computer naming

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Is there a way to automatically set the computer name in a field? for instance %username% will work for the username. I am trying to set spybot to work in a schedule as the local administrator but whe I create an image of one machine and deploy it to another using altiris, spybot will try to run as a user that does not exist. I’ve searched technet and the web and heven’t gotten much help. I’m hoping that this community will.

Thanks
James Thibodeau

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Environment variables

In reply to Universal Computer naming

The XP environment variable for username is %username%. For computer name it is %computername%.

Enviornmental variables

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I found a list of variables just after I posted this. I am using the “scheduled tasks” and the variables don’t seem to work. I get an 0x800 message.

Figured it out

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I got the problem licked. I did some extensive researching throught some old books and I found the answer. All I you ahve to do to not require a domain\username for a scheduled task is enter “SYSTEM”

Variable or Username?

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Is SYSTEM a variable such as %SYSTEM%, or a username inside of scheduled tasks?

Would just like a clarification for future reference. Thanks.

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All you have to do is type system. It’s not an enviornmental variable. What it will do is automatically launch the scheduled event as the local administrator.

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