Find PC Name from CTRL + ALT + DEL Login Screen on Domain PC

[Merlin Halteman]

Have you ever wondered, what the computer name of a domain-joined PC was from the CTRL + ALT + DEL screen? I discovered there is a way to find the computer name on a domain - joined computer from the login window.

After you hit CTRL + ALT + DEL to login into your domain computer, you can find the computer name by simply doing the following. Where you normally enter your username simply type .\ This will list the computer name below the password field.

 

[HankArnold]

Interesting. Not sure how useful it is, but kinda cool.

 

[Roger Magana]

Interesting. Not sure how useful it is, but kinda cool.

It's a quick peek.

 

[NETWizz]

Interesting. Not sure how useful it is, but kinda cool.

It's useful when you want to logon locally to a domain joined computer without typing the computer name.

For example if you have a domain, CONTOSO, just typing the username and password will authenticate against the domain.

If you type:
administrator
password

it means:

CONTOSO\administrator
password


To logon locallyif the comptuername is DZ359HZ you would have to type

DZ359HZ\administrator
password

-or-

.\administrator
password

 

[Roger Magana]

.\administrator
password

That's new to me and seems more efficient. Thanks.

 

[TurricanII]

I am in the habit of typing 127.0.0.1\Administrator to log on locally, will have to try and remember the dot-backslash!