{"id":982,"date":"2019-07-24T13:27:28","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T13:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=982"},"modified":"2026-02-11T15:53:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:53:14","slug":"how-to-find-the-name-of-a-windows-10-computer","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/?ht_kb=how-to-find-the-name-of-a-windows-10-computer","title":{"rendered":"How to find the name of a Windows computer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are two way of getting the windows computer name.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First the simplest way is to hit the windows key and pause break at the same time and then the window below will appear.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2531\" src=\"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Windows-Name-Cap-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1198\" height=\"932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Windows-Name-Cap-1.png 1198w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Windows-Name-Cap-1-300x233.png 300w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Windows-Name-Cap-1-1024x797.png 1024w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Windows-Name-Cap-1-768x597.png 768w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Windows-Name-Cap-1-50x39.png 50w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Windows-Name-Cap-1-60x47.png 60w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Windows-Name-Cap-1-100x78.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1198px) 100vw, 1198px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The other way is to right click on the start menu on the bottom left and then click &#8220;System&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-984\" src=\"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"319\" height=\"696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2-2.png 319w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2-2-138x300.png 138w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2-2-23x50.png 23w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2-2-28x60.png 28w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2-2-46x100.png 46w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The computer name will be in the window that appears:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2531\" src=\"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Windows-Name-Cap-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1198\" height=\"932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Windows-Name-Cap-1.png 1198w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Windows-Name-Cap-1-300x233.png 300w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Windows-Name-Cap-1-1024x797.png 1024w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Windows-Name-Cap-1-768x597.png 768w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Windows-Name-Cap-1-50x39.png 50w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Windows-Name-Cap-1-60x47.png 60w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Windows-Name-Cap-1-100x78.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1198px) 100vw, 1198px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alternatively, you may find a sticker on the computer that looks like below (it may be on or behind your monitor):<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-981\" src=\"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"641\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3-1.png 641w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3-1-300x99.png 300w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3-1-50x16.png 50w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3-1-60x20.png 60w, https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3-1-100x33.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are two way of getting the windows computer name. First the simplest way is to hit the windows key and pause break at the same time and then the window below will appear. The other way is to right click on the start menu on the bottom left and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[23],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-982","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-computer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/982\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fht-kb-category&post=982"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.wcsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fht-kb-tag&post=982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}