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Retrieves the NetBIOS name of the local computer. This name is established at system startup, when the system reads it from the registry.

<b>GetComputerName</b> retrieves only the NetBIOS name of the local computer. To retrieve the DNS host name, DNS domain name, or the fully qualified DNS name, call the
<a href="/windows/desktop/api/sysinfoapi/nf-sysinfoapi-getcomputernameexa">GetComputerNameEx</a> function. Additional information is provided by the
<a href="/windows/desktop/api/sysinfoapi/nf-sysinfoapi-getcomputernameexw">GetComputerNameEx</a> function. Additional information is provided by the
<a href="/windows/desktop/api/iads/nn-iads-iadsadsysteminfo">IADsADSystemInfo</a> interface.

The behavior of this function can be affected if the local computer is a node in a cluster. For more information, see <a href="/windows/desktop/api/resapi/nf-resapi-resutilgetenvironmentwithnetname">ResUtilGetEnvironmentWithNetName</a> and <a href="/previous-versions/windows/desktop/mscs/generic-applications-usenetworkname">UseNetworkName</a>.
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