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There may be times when you need to figure out what your Windows 11/10 computer name is. It could be because you’re having trouble accessing your device and you need to locate it on the network, or ...

You can find your computer's name on a Windows PC by opening the "About" menu. On a Mac, you'll find your computer's name in the System Preferences app, under "Sharing." Your computer's personal name ...

I need to take a running windows desktop box that's part of a domain, give it a new computer name, and then continue working on it (with the box having the new name), without having to reboot at all.

To change a Mac's name, edit the "Computer Name" field in the "Sharing" pane in System Preferences. Changing your Mac's computer name will also change its host name. You can change the host name ...

Occasionally, your computer may show up on the network with a "(2)" or other number in parentheses after its name. In some cases, it will appear this way in the sidebar of your computer's Finder, but ...

During World War II, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill urged military leaders to come up with valiant names for battles so no mother of a fallen soldier need say her son was killed “in an ...

When using the Internet most people connect to web sites, ftp servers or other Internet servers by connecting to a domain name, as in www.bleepingcomputer.com. Internet applications, though, do not ...

In this post, we will see how to use & create System Restore Point, Restore the computer to a good restore point & Undo the changes System Restore makes in Windows 11 and Windows 10. The Windows ...

Document management is an important yet time-consuming process — especially if you’re not using an electronic system to help you. A computerized filing system can assist with creating, storing, ...

Did you know that you can give your PC a name? Windows 10 includes a small feature that can help identify your PC by giving it whatever name you’d like, which is especially helpful when you’re trying ...