Scripting

Here's what I do and has been working for years.

For naming machines I do the following:

PRE-INSTALL TASKS

Name: DiskPart-NTFS

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select disk 0
clean
create partition primary
select partition 1
active
assign Letter C
format FS=NTFS label="(C:) Local Disk" quick
exit
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Name:  Collect PC Name

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@ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL
ECHO.
SET /p COMPUTERNAME="Please enter the name of this workstation ==>"
@echo You answered %COMPUTERNAME%
SET /p Set_PC="Is this correct?(Y/N)
IF "%Set_PC%" == "N" GOTO runagain
IF "%Set_PC%" == "y" GOTO NamePC
IF "%Set_PC%" == "n" GOTO runagain
IF "%Set_PC%" == "Y" GOTO NamePC

:runagain
SET /p COMPUTERNAME="Please enter the name of the workstation..  "
GoTo NamePC

:NamePC
@echo You answered:
@echo PC Name     = %COMPUTERNAME%
@Echo MAC Address = %MAC_ADDRESS%
@Echo %MAC_ADDRESS% = %COMPUTERNAME%>>T:\computers.txt
@Echo %MAC_ADDRESS% = %COMPUTERNAME%>>C:\namedb.dat
@Echo %MAC_ADDRESS%>C:\%computername%.txt
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POST INSTALL TASK

Then, using WSNAME.EXE, you can run a Post Installation Task such as:

Name : Rename PC
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wsname.exe /RDF:c:\namedb.dat /DFK:$MAC /EXCLUDEADAPTERS[WIRELESS WIFI WLAN BLUETOOTH PPP VMWARE IPSEC CENTRINO MOBILE WI-FI]
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-OR-

Rename the machine with PowerShell,
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powershell -nologo -executionpolicy bypass -noprofile -file Ren_PC.PS1

(Contents of Ren_PC.PS1)
cd c:\
$a = dir *.txt | select BaseName
Rename-Computer $a[0].BaseName
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Either one of these will work and you get to name the workstation before the image gets installed , but after the drive has been partitioned & formatted.