http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2009/02/19/renaming-a-computer-using-wmic-and-how-to-get-around-that-aggravating-invalid-global-switch-error.aspxI&rsquo;m guessing Ned will insert something like &ldquo;Hello, Warren here again&rdquo;. [Nope &ndash; Ned] The other day I was working with server core and wanted to rename my server. Recently I have been working more with WMIC to get data from theen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2009/02/19/renaming-a-computer-using-wmic-and-how-to-get-around-that-aggravating-invalid-global-switch-error.aspx#3304914Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:02:20 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3304914NedPyle [MSFT]<p>There was once a PowerShell comdlet called Rename-Computer during . For reasons unexplained, it was removed during the beta process. WMI would be the way to go for local renames, or Rename-ADObject if trying to rename a computer's AD object.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3304914" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2009/02/19/renaming-a-computer-using-wmic-and-how-to-get-around-that-aggravating-invalid-global-switch-error.aspx#3304890Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:32:21 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3304890JuliusPIV<p>I stumbled across this while trying to rename a Windows 7 machine using Powershell. &nbsp;Powershell naturally doesn't know what %computername% is so I substituted that for $env:computername. &nbsp;However, this resulted in an 'Unexpected switch at this level' error.</p> <p>Other functions found online for renaming a machine using the Win32_ComputerSystem results in a 1326 ReturnValue when run as the Administrator.</p> <p>Any ideas or suggestions?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3304890" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2009/02/19/renaming-a-computer-using-wmic-and-how-to-get-around-that-aggravating-invalid-global-switch-error.aspx#3204856Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:58:00 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3204856Rename a computer using WMIC; how to get around &#8220;Invalid Global Switch&#8221; error<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.ditii.com/2009/02/20/rename-a-computer-using-wmic-how-to-get-around-invalid-global-switch-error/">http://www.ditii.com/2009/02/20/rename-a-computer-using-wmic-how-to-get-around-invalid-global-switch-error/</a></p> <img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3204856" width="1" height="1">