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learner

Post subject: Where to find computer NAME in windows NT registry / system

Posted: June 7th, 2010, 4:29

Joined: July 15th, 2008, 1:50
Posts: 95

Dear friends
I have recovered data from an old disk ,customer wants name of that machine .Is there any way to get computer name?
OS is win nt.

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learner

Post subject: Re: Where to find computer NAME in windows NT registry / system

Posted: June 7th, 2010, 4:58

Joined: July 15th, 2008, 1:50
Posts: 95

typically we can get it from follwoing files -
\winnt\system32\drivers\etc - hosts
in this case host file does not have computer name.
Is it possible to get it from registry in offline?
Forendic Gurus's pls. help

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dick

Post subject: Re: Where to find computer NAME in windows NT registry / system

Posted: June 7th, 2010, 7:21

Joined: January 8th, 2008, 5:21
Posts: 937
Location: uk

Hi,

On XP it's here:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\ComputerName\ComputerName, "ComputerName"
You would have to mount the registry of the target windows installation using an off line registry tool.

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learner

Post subject: Re: Where to find computer NAME in windows NT registry / system

Posted: June 7th, 2010, 8:16

Joined: July 15th, 2008, 1:50
Posts: 95

Thanks ,will give it a try

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