Display the computer name in a Finder window?

Is there a way to show the comouter name in a FInder window? I sometimes open windows to other computers on my home network and copy files. It can be confusing as to which computer a particular window is connected to.

That is a partial solution but the disk names are not unique. Several of the computers have the main disk called "Macintosh HD" so it is still hard to tell one from another.
If Finder is in multi-column display mode, the computer is highlighted in the sidebar but if in list view, that goes away.

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Since you've already hacked into it, if you've got developer tools installed, it is most likely in the nib file that is in the English project folder in the Resources.
I don't know what further implications that will have on the app in general, though.
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You need to update all reference to new server name. You can try creating an Alias in DNS as a co-existence option.
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How do I change the 'Sent' folder to display the persons name I sent to and NOT my name?

Today BT Mail told me my BT Internet account had been migrated from the old Yahoo (defunct) account to their own new BT Mail. So I am using IMAP and therefore had to delete my account on my devices and set up again in order to continue to receive my mail.
I have duly followed their instructions and done this, and synced my calendar and contacts using their 'how to' web pages....
Now I am checking everything is ok.... and note that the 'Sent' folder now lists all the emails that I have sent under MY name. So if I'm looking for an email I sent to a particular person, I can't really, as all the emails are listed in my name. I have to open each one to find out who I sent the mail to. Very time wasting.
I have yet to update my iPhone with the same instructions - dialogue box currently stating 'cannot get mail' until I update the settings.... But I can see the 'sent' folder is showing sent emails in a list displaying the recipients' name... As it should do.
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Each account should have its own sent folder. Since mails may be sent from different accounts through different servers.
If you have moe than one account, and send mails from more than one of them then you will a sent folder for each account you sue to send emails from.
As to the names, it will show techncially the first recipient in the list or recipients iof there is mor ethan one. If that happens to be you then it will show you.
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22591 The specified computer name (%ComputerName;) is already in use by another virtual machine or by a virtual machine configuration object. Ensure that the computer name is unique in the VMM environment, and then try again.

Hello everyone,
I recently bummed into an error message when I want to deploy a service template.
Setup:
1 HyperV server on win2k12 r2
1 SCCM VMM 2k12r2 on the hyperv server
1 template with all the objects in the library
Error:
When I deploy the the service template I get the below error message.
22591
The specified computer name (%ComputerName;) is already in use by another virtual machine or by a virtual machine configuration object.
Ensure that the computer name is unique in the VMM environment, and then try again.
The issue is that I can't find it anywhere, not on my domain controller not on my dns server as a record and also not as a vm in sccm or in powershell when doing get-vm. So where do I need to remove it ( no it is not an option to create a new Hostname for
this service template ).
Andre

There could be a couple things happening.
One - you have a Service Template, it defines %Computername% as a variable. And you have deployed this Template once using 'foo' and you are deploying it again as 'foo' without deleting the previous instance.
Two - you hardcoded the computer name into the template.
Three - you are scaling out and you have hit the bug that the wizard does not increment the machinename if you have something like computername## where SCVMM should be incrementing the machine name.
Windows does not support identically named machines (you can't have two machines on the same network with the same computer name - they broadcast their name and the 'second' one shuts down its network stack). In support of this SCVMM also enforces
this rule.
And with any templates SCVMM is in charge of machine names at deployment.
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How to change the computer name

I need to change the computer name but after this I cannot access to the historical data (printing alarms).
I have already changed the settings in Options->System and restarted the system.
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How can I do to read the old alarms with the new computer name?
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Hi,
When you change the computer name in Options>>System, you are not changing the name of the computer. Rather, you are telling Lookout to log to either a remote or local system. Here are the specifics:
1. Computer Name: Name you want the traces to appear with (\\computer_name\process\...)
2. Default Computer: Computer you want to log to. If the name listed here is different than your computer's name (as seen by Windows), then it will attempt to log directly to that remote machine.
3. Default Path: Directory on either your local or remote machine that you want to log to.
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Okay, here's a weird one.
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Since posting, I've also tried logging in as the root user and changing it there. No dice.
I had to replace the hard drive (the reformatting that caused me to clone the disk in the first place turned out not to solve the problem, which was that the hard drive was failing); for a week I was using an external drive clone as the startup disk for my iMac. It let me change the name there just as it should have. No more +David's iBook_1+. Woohoo!
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Grrrrrr.
Again, it's not a big deal; I want to change the name so that it fits the naming convention at my office. But it's really bugging me! (Obviously.)
I suppose I could reinstall and migrate the accounts and apps over....

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Not to display the file name in the browser bar.

Hello,
Merry Christmas to all,
Is it possible not to display the file name in the browser bar?
Like say, when we write www.rediff.com, the index page name is not displayed.
Likewise is it possible for any other page too.
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if this is “normal” and how it should work.

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The same situation when I want to send photo from mobile phone to my notebook. I didnt find any option how to change it.
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Report that gets full name from the users id in the computer name

I don't even know if this is possible, but I am finding that quite often of late I am needing to get the users full name from the computer name.
We have a standard where a computer name is in this format XXXXXXXUSERID.
Is there a way to get the Full name from the USERID that is in the computername (not last logged on user).
I am fairly sure that I might be able to work it out in SQLSMS but I really need it on the web reports form SCCM.
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Thanks, I want to add it to most my reports but this is the main one that I am using right now due to an audit.
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dbo.v_GS_SYSTEM AS SYS ON SYS.ResourceID = CS.ResourceID RIGHT OUTER JOIN
dbo.v_GS_OPERATING_SYSTEM AS OS ON OS.ResourceID = CS.ResourceID RIGHT OUTER JOIN
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dbo.v_GS_PROCESSOR AS CPU ON CPU.ResourceID = CS.ResourceID RIGHT OUTER JOIN
dbo.v_GS_SYSTEM_ENCLOSURE AS SE ON SE.ResourceID = CS.ResourceID
WHERE (LDisk.DriveType0 = 3)
GROUP BY CS.Name0, CS.Domain0, CS.UserName0, BIOS.SerialNumber0, SE.SerialNumber0, CS.Manufacturer0, CS.Model0, OS.Caption0, RAA.SMS_Assigned_Sites0,
RAM.TotalPhysicalMemory0, CPU.Name0
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