How to change the Hostname for my Windows XP OS?

Question

How to change the Hostname for my Windows XP OS ?

Recently, i have formatted my computer and reinstalled few programming stuffs like SQL etc ..!

At present my host name is like .. ABC-121212HEHX which is unable to remember.

I want to change the hostname to "Former" which was my actual hostname.

And on doing so, whether this is affect my SQL Installation ?

Answer 1

You can do this using this way:

• Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click System.
• Click the Computer Name tab, and then click Change
• Type the new computer name in the Computername dialog box.

You will need to restart your computer after this.