is there anyway to check the name from the login screen or a regestiry tweak that would allow IP and/or computer name to show if PC is not yet joined to the domain on login screen? we have about 600 new computers that are running windows 7 at our company. We are having a problem with one in another town. i cannot find a way to see what the computer name is so that i can log onto it and fix the problem. it will not let us log onto our domain so i cant check it that way.

Hello, Why not log in this machine and look for computername ?http://blog.simaju.fr - Partage de connaissances et retour d'expriences.

Hi, On login screen, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete, click “Other User”. Click “How do I log on to another domain?”, you can find the PC name there. Regards, Leo Huang Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

when the computer is not part of a domain, "How do I log to another domain" does not exist.

In the blank of user name, input “.\” (without quote mark), the PC name will show on “log on to:” Regards, Leo Huang Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

“log on to:” also doesn't show when the PC is not part of a domain, so ".\" doesn't work.

Hi, Base on my test and research, when you PC is in a workgroup surrounding, that’s impossible to check PC name on welcome screen. Windows 7 displays a Welcome screen when a computer is part of a homegroup or workgroup and it displays a Logon screen when a computer is part of a domain. That’s by default. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ff394947.aspx We can check PC name when PC in a domain but cannot check if in a homegroup or workgroup. I’m afraid you need to logon then check the name. Thank you for your understanding. Regards, Leo Huang Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

actually there is a very simple way to check the computer name. as you know you can logon using old netbios notation: DOMAIN\USER. DOMAIN might be a local computer, and local computer can be replaced by dot '.'. so the trick is: write .\ in 'logon name' [as you would like to logon locally using ".\USERNAME"] and you will have local computer name displayed on the bottom (: -o((: nExoR :))o-