View or modify the service display name of an ADAM instance

Applies To: Windows Server 2003 R2

To view or modify the service display name of an ADAM instance

  1. Open Command Prompt.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • To view the service display name, type:

      sc \\servername getdisplayname servicename

      where servername represents the name of the computer on which the ADAM instance is running, and servicename represents the service name of the ADAM instance.

    • To modify the service display name, type:

      sc \\servername config servicename displayname= "display_name"

      where servername represents the name of the computer on which the ADAM instance is running, servicename represents the service name of the ADAM instance that you want to modify, and display_name represents the new service display name that you want to assign. (A space character (" ") is required after the equal sign (=) and before display_name).

Notes

  • To open a command prompt, click Start, point to All programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command prompt.

  • If the ADAM instance is running on the local computer, you can omit the servername parameter.

  • By default, the ADAM instance name is instancename, where instancename is the name that you provided during ADAM installation.

  • By default, the ADAM service name is ADAM_instancename, where instancename is the name that you provided during ADAM installation.

See Also

Concepts

Administering an ADAM instance
View or modify the service description of an ADAM instance