If your company develops Microsoft applications, you may find yourself wrestling with using your code to interact with network services. Using the Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting language, you can ...

A couple of weeks ago, I upgraded some of my lab servers to Windows Server 2016. Although the upgrade process seemed to work flawlessly, my hectic schedule prevented me from doing an exhaustive ...

Each computer is uniquely identified on a network by its IP address, but it is easier to identify on a local network by its name. Macintosh computers are no different. Changing a Mac network name is ...

The Computer Name (or PC Name) identifies a computer on a local network. This tutorial describes several simple methods on how to change the name of a Windows 10 computer.

If a conflict occurs in sharing services, your Mac may start changing its name and append sequential numbers to the end of it. Topher Kessler MacFixIt Editor Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 ...

You can change your Windows 10 computer's name to make it more recognizable on your network. Most computers bought from manufacturers have generic names, but it is possible to make your computer's ...

When you set up a new Mac, macOS gives the computer a generic name that includes the first name of the owner – "Tim's ‌MacBook Pro," for example. This default name is used for identifying the device ...