creating bat file that requires user input

[mholbert]

I am trying to build a bat file to automate the process of renaming a network computer. I can use the netdom utility included in the xpsp2 support tools to accomplish this, but I would like to tweak the basic command to allow me to enter the 'old computer' and 'new computer' names when I run the bat file.

Here is the command

netdom renamecomputer machine /newname:new_computername /userd:domainname\administrator_id /passwordd:* /usero:local_admin
/passwordo:* /reboot:seconds before automatic reboot

any help is appreciated. MH

 

[vacunita]

Batch files cannot really recieve user input. you could however call the batch file with a parameter which would possibly acomplish the same thing.
so for example:

C:\>mybatch.bat parmaeter1 paramter2 ....

You would access the parameters inside suing the numbered vcariables. So the first [parameter would be in %1 the second parameter would be in %2. etc...

echo %1
echo %2
etc..

You could then call your batch file and [pass the names of the computer to it.

mybatch oldname newname

and substitute inside the proper params.



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[bcastner]

Have you seen this freeware utility?

http://mystuff.clarke.co.nz/wsname.asp

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[mholbert]

both look like good solutions.

thanks, MH

 

[mholbert]

First, another stupid question. How do you mark something as 'code' in you posts?

Regarding my original question. I did a little more research and came up with the following.

The following uses netdom to rename a computer of your choosing on your network. You would want to first populate the appropriate network username/password in the script, and then populate the old name/new name stuff at run time.

Thanks for the suggestions, it got me looking until I found what I wanted.

CODE
@Echo This will rename a computer on the network

@echo off

set CurrentName=
set /p CurrentName=Type Current Name...
set NewName=
set /p NewName=Type New Name...


cd "c:\program files\support tools"
netdom renamecomputer %CurrentName% /newname:%NewName% /userdOMAIN\USERNAME /passworddASSWORD /useroOMAIN\USERNAME /passwordoASSWORD /reboot:10"

pause

 

[bcastner]

some code

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[linney]

InputBox 1.1
01/31/03 Free inpbox11.zip
(224 Kb)
"Console mode program that allows you to prompt users for input using a standard Windows input box, then write that input into a file. Makes for a user friendly way of inserting real-time data into batch, registry, INI, or other text files. When you have to ask for input during a batch process, InputBox is what you need."

http://www.otbsw.com/Files/inpbox11.zip

Batch parameter
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