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Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 18:39:33 -0400
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Subject: Re: Windows hostname change fails in recent versions of Cygwin (since 1.7.28)
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On 04/14/2014 06:28 PM, Wedge Jarrad wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> The following command used to allow me to change the hostname of a Windows
> machine:
>
> wmic computersystem where name=\"$COMPUTERNAME\" call rename name=newname
>
> With new installs of Cygwin this seems to have stopped working...

OK maybe I'm just missing something but what part of the above uses Cygwin?

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A: Yes.
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