Computer Name in Devices and Printers

jpk717,

Start, control panel, system

Scroll down to...

Computer name, domain and workgroup settings

Click on Change settings

You then have to click on...

To rename this computer, click change

I think a restart is needed.

Now look at the printer and see if the name changed. Is the computer listed?

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Removing computers from printer scan list

Rick

Hi Rick,

I have gone through those steps multiple times but with no success. I have a screen shot but not sure how to post it on the forum.

Jon

Jon,

To upload an image, click on the little picture icon, then locate the file on your computer. You might need Microsoft Silverlight to upload the file.

Copy the information in between the lines, to notepad, then save as ipinfo.cmd

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ipconfig /all > "%userprofile%\Desktop\ipinfo.txt"
arp -a >> "%userprofile%\Desktop\ipinfo.txt"
notepad "%userprofile%\Desktop\ipinfo.txt"

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Right click on it, then left click run as administrator. At the bottom, there will be a list of ip addresses. One of those ip addresses will be your printer. If you enter the ip address in the address bar of Internet Exploere, it should bring up the printer's configuration page.

Rick

I see where I messed up with posting the picture. I was trying to do it from the response option below a post and not in the create/edit post page. That's why there weren't any icons for me to see. Anyhow, below is the picture:

I am not concerned about the printers. I want the Dell, Inc. in devices to be the same as the assigned computer name in the device manager and system properties. The name in the devices should have changed when I changed it in the system properties. Not sure why it hasn't yet.

jpk717,

Changing the name is Control panel, system, then restarting your computer, what is listed in system, should match your device in Devices and printers.

Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\System

Rick

That's the problem. It's not matching at all!

jpk717,

Control panel, system, change settings. You change the name, then restart your computer. It changes in Devices and printers.

***NOTE*** COMPUTER NAME LIMITED TO 15 CHARACTERS

Rick

Rick,

I did all those steps multiple times and the changes don't change anything in the devices and printers portion. This is on Windows 8 Pro btw. Not sure if that changes anything.

Jon

jpk717,

Start, control panel, system. You see...

Click on change settings. You'll see...

Click on, To rename this computer, click Change. You'll see...

I changed the name where I have the red arrow, then clicked ok and saved everything. Was prompted to have the changes take effect, I needed to restart the computer.

Rick

That hasn't worked for me yet. I have changed it using the above steps to various names and it still didn't change in devices. It is pulling the Dell Inc. name from somewhere other than from the system properties. Any idea as to where that could be?

Jon,

Are you in the administrative account?

Rick

Jon,

I just tried this on a system I have Windows 8.1 trial edition installed and you are correct, it doesn't change, but it's supposed to.

You may want to contact Microsoft or post in the Microsoft Answers-Hardware Forum and see what they recommend.

Please keep me informed.

Rick

Rick,

Thanks for continuing to work on this issue with me. I am using the administrative account and I did put a post in the Microsoft forum tonight. I will try to make changes on another laptop that I have that is exactly the same tomorrow and see if it works on that computer. Maybe it's a Windows 8 thing that happened during an update or something.

Thanks again,

Jon

Jon,

Maybe contacting Microsoft about this, they'll release an update that will correct this.

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/

From what I'm seeing, this may be isolated to Windows 8 systems.

Rick