Use Dell Serial Number as Computer Name?

[smith056]

Does anyone know if there is a way to have the computer name be the Dell service tag of the machine that is being imaged? I know other tools can do this, but do not have any documentation on how to accomplish this in NTLite. Thank you in advance for any help or advice.

 

[Clanger]

NTLite can set computer name as well as other unattended options. Run NTLite and load your extracted iso contents. In the left hand Task Pane go to Unattended. At the top of the page click Enable.

 

[smith056]

Thank you for your response. I see the option to do that, however the computer name field seems to let you set a static PC name or a randomized one. I'm trying to get the serial number from the bios of the machine to be used as the machine name when it is joined to our domain. Is there any way to do that by using a variable in the computer name field?

 

[Clanger]

You mean to auto extract it from the bios during setup? I dont know, I only use 1 pc and i create my file by entering a name on the page.

 

[Kasual]

For this, you need to use the Post-setup options.

Check Computer name to a variable. and check Set computer name.

Testing, you could set in a string (all in one line execution).

I found the info in less than an hour but i can't confirm if autounattend.xml would replace the computer name.

 

[ahazuarus]

the autounattend.xml applies its own hostname during specialization phase of install, so I would leave that as * and then run a post setup powershell to determine what the service tag is and than set it to the hostname.

 

[Kasual]

so I would leave that as * and then run a post setup powershell to determine what the service tag is and than set it to the hostname.

If powershell is removed, what would do?