Computer name shows unrecognised number

Screen saver set to show computer name has started displaying iMac then a long number followed by (3). Don't recognise this number, and why is it followed by the bracketed 3?

Hi, it's from different sharing services trying to connect or losing connection, you can rename it in...
System Preferences>Sharing.

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My wife's old iMac's name is showing in Shared on the other two macs on the network as well as the new iMac's name. The new name is correctly displayed on her mac and there is no sign of the old name on her new iMac.
How can I stop the old name appearing in Shared on the network.
Joe

Which machine shows your old computer name, the mac or the sony?
If the sony, try opening a dos window and enter
ipconfig /flushdns
I think the equivalent function on the Mac can be found in Network Utility

Simply get computer name with serial number

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I use the script below to get serial number, but I have no idea how to get the computer name in the meantime.
Pls point me.
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Hello Andrejs,
Try this, May be the formatting would be little off.. but you shud get the results.
function Get-ServerInfo {
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Computer name showing as 'windowsmediaplayer'

HI all
In the last few days I've noticed my computer name in the terminal and all the share names in the Sharing control panel has changed to 'windowsmediaplayer'
I've completely wiped my imac with a clean install (it was getting slow anyway), installed nothing, and the name is still windowsmediaplayer
My Computer Name (the top input box in the Sharing config panel) is my usual computer name
Anyone know what's going on here?

I formatted it in the disk utility in mac os install
Could it be my router/another computer on my network changing it?
Edit: For the first time I thought of checking it when not connected to my network, and indeed it's making the change whenever I'm connected. Sorry, I'm being clueless here since I don't know about this kind of stuff, is this normal?
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Computer Name With Number

I was a beta tester of Yosemite and recently updated to retail. This happened while I was a beta tester and I thought it would go away, but it hasn't. My computer name is being followed by a (#) that continues to increase for no reason (e.g. (1), (2), (3), etc.) - any ideas?

I'm having the same issue with my iMac (early 2008) and MacBook Pro (2010). It's very weird, both machines insist on appending numbers in parentheses to the end of the Computer name: in the Sharing preference panel. However the name given beneath that in the message "Computers on your local network can access your computer at: <computer-name>.local" does not include the number, just the normal hostname.local. Also, using hostname command in terminal returns the regular <computer-name>.local without a number.
If I remove the (n) at the end of the Computer name: field it only lasts a few seconds before changing back to a number (though the number is not always the same as before, sometimes it goes to (2) or (3) rather than the (4) it was originally.
If I open a Finder window with the sidebar showing I see under Devices an entry for "<computer-name> (4)" and under Shared it shows:
<computer-name>
<computer-name> (2)
<computer-name> (3)
I have screen and file sharing enabled, I tried switching them off and on again, I've tried rebooting, nothing seems to stop it appending the number and I can't get rid of the <computer-name> (2) and <computer-name> (3) entries under Shared either.

Computer name with number within brackets

Hello
Since we have alle our computers connected to an Snow Leopard Server over Open Directory, we have an cosmetic problem which I am not able to solve.
In the System Preferences/Sharing/ the Computer Name is greyed. When the Computer crashed and rebooted the Computer Name ist still greyed but a Number between brackets is show (e.g. Example Computer (3).
I am not able to delete this (3) even if I delete the Network-Account-Server (and disconnect from the and reboot I am still not able to delete this Number between the brackets.
Is their a way to fix this problem ? Do other person have the same Problem?
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Here's the duplicate host names discussion that Kery O was likely recalling; this case is usually some sort of a loop, whether via a switch, via multiple network paths (wired and WiFi, etc), or otherwise.
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Refer to this screenshot --> https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=75e44d0edffe5025#cid=75E44D0EDFFE5025&id=75E44D0EDFFE5025%21942.
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regards, Han Seen.

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HT4623 My deleted contacts still show up when I want to send a text message. But when I go to my address book there not there only when I want to send a text MSG there name comes up and if I select them it only show there number not name in the message.

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Old computer name still shows

I bought a new iMac core duo early this year and migrated all my data from my ibook to it. Not a problem, and i reinstalled Tiger on my ibook for the new owner when i sold it. I've just noticed that my old ibook computer name crops up now again even though my iMac now has a different name. How is this possible?
I'm sharing my files with a Sony Vaio (forgive me i own a laptop too), and when i connect to me network, it shows my path as ''my old ibook computername'(my ip address)'(my name:). Why does it not show my current computer name?
If anyone has any ideas and a solution i would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
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Which machine shows your old computer name, the mac or the sony?
If the sony, try opening a dos window and enter
ipconfig /flushdns
I think the equivalent function on the Mac can be found in Network Utility

Aperture appends (Number) to computer name in the import pane

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I need a simple script or something to set computer name(serial number) and add computer to our domain. Computer name should be for laptop, LT-"serialno" and for Desktop it should be DT-"serialno"
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HELP Add-Computer -FULL
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Change computer name using partial serial number

I'm starting to learn Powershell and I'm stuck trying to automate a computer name change. The code below works to rename the computer and reboot but I would like to shorten it and I'm not sure how. The serial number is 15 characters which makes the computer
name with the prefix added 18 charactes long. How can I modify it so that it takes the last 10 of the serial number plus the prefix? We are using Powershell 4.
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Hi,
The serial number is 15 characters which makes the computer name with the prefix added 18 charactes long.
You might run into problems with this, considering there's a 15 character limit on NetBIOS names:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/4fe7b148-a01f-498f-a88a-06aef3edd81e/what-is-the-maximum-length-of-a-computer-name-in-windows?forum=winservergen
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909264/en-us
Just something to be aware of.
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