Last updated on April 27th, 2023 at 04:51 pm
There are two primary ways that Windows 7 identifies your computer. The first is through a user name that you sign into when you start the computer, and the second is through a name that was assigned to the computer when Windows 7 was initially configured. Regardless of the user that is currently signed in on Windows 7, the computer name will remain the same. But this can be a problem if the computer has been passed on to a different person, or if you have multiple computers on the same network with the same computer name. Fortunately this is a setting that can easily be adjusted, and you can set your Windows 7 computer name to whatever you want.
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View and Change the Windows 7 Computer Name
By default, Windows 7 will assign a name to your computer based upon the user name that you have entered. For example, my Windows 7 user names are typically something like Matt-PC. But when I have a laptop and desktop computer connected to my network, both of which bear that name, it can be confusing to try and locate a file or resource on a computer when I can’t properly identify it. So you can follow the steps below to learn how to change your Windows 7 computer name.
Step 1: Click the Start button at the bottom-left corner of the screen.
Step 2: Right-click the Computer option, then click Properties.
Step 3: Scroll down to the Computer name, domain and workgroup settings section, then click the Change settings link to the right of your current computer name.
Step 4: Click the Change button at the bottom of the Computer Name tab.
Step 5: Click inside the Computer name field and delete the existing name, then enter the new name.
Step 6: Click the OK button at the bottom of the window to apply the change.
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Matthew Burleigh has been writing tech tutorials since 2008. His writing has appeared on dozens of different websites and been read over 50 million times.
After receiving his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Computer Science he spent several years working in IT management for small businesses. However, he now works full time writing content online and creating websites.
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