# how to find the computer name or network id in the registry of a windows xp machine.

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 31, 2002, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-the-computer-name-or-network-id-in-the-registry-of-a-windows-xp-machine/134731 "2002-10-31T18:09:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![ready29003](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@ready29003](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ready29003)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-the-computer-name-or-network-id-in-the-registry-of-a-windows-xp-machine/134731/1 "2002-10-31T18:09:17Z")

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I have ghost images of computers but I don’t know which computers they go to. I can look at the ghost image…is there a file I can open which will tell me what the name of the computer was when its partition was ghosted?

The registry mabye? Is the registry a single file I could copy and browse to find the network id or name of the computer??

Thanks for the help.

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**Author:** ![ready29003](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@ready29003](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ready29003)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-the-computer-name-or-network-id-in-the-registry-of-a-windows-xp-machine/134731/2 "2002-10-31T20:13:10Z")

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disregard. I did an advanced search on my computer for any file containing my computer name and found some. Only in programs, but that was enough.