Finding your “Computer Name”

Often we’ll ask What computer are you on?.    Every computer has a unique name of its own, separate from the name of the person logging into it.    That’s how we can identify which physical computer to work with so we don’t end up connecting with the wrong one.

Finding this info is pretty easy, if you look in the right spot. There are a couple of different ways you can do this.

Method 1

1.  For Windows 11, you start File Explorer (the yellow folder icon), and right-click on This PC, then left click on Properties.

Method 2

Another way that works on all versions of Windows, is to launch the command prompt. Click the START button, then type cmd and choose “Command Prompt“

Alternate: you can also press Window + R (like Shift + R for typing a capital letter, but the Window key instead of shift), then type cmd in the run box.

A black DOS box will appear. Type hostname and press enter and the name of the computer will bounce back on the next line.