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title: Configure MDT for UserExit scripts (Windows 10)
description: In this article, you'll learn how to configure the MDT rules engine to use a UserExit script to generate computer names based on a prefix and the computer MAC Address.
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ms.date: 11/28/2022
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# Configure MDT for UserExit scripts

In this article, you'll learn how to configure the MDT rules engine to use a UserExit script to generate computer names based on a prefix and the computer MAC Address. MDT supports calling external VBScripts as part of the Gather process; these scripts are referred to as UserExit scripts. The script also removes the colons in the MAC Address.

## Configure the rules to call a UserExit script

You can call a UserExit by referencing the script in your rules. Then you can configure a property to be set to the result of a function of the VBScript. In this example, we have a VBScript named Setname.vbs (provided in the book sample files, in the UserExit folder).

```ini
[Settings]
Priority=Default
[Default]
OSINSTALL=YES
UserExit=Setname.vbs
OSDComputerName=#SetName("%MACADDRESS%")#
```

The UserExit=Setname.vbs calls the script and then assigns the computer name to what the SetName function in the script returns. In this sample, the %MACADDRESS% variable is passed to the script

## The Setname.vbs UserExit script

The Setname.vbs script takes the MAC Address passed from the rules. The script then does some string manipulation to add a prefix (PC) and remove the semicolons from the MAC Address.

```vb
Function UserExit(sType, sWhen, sDetail, bSkip) 
  UserExit = Success 
End Function 
Function SetName(sMac)
  Dim re
  Set re = new RegExp
  re.IgnoreCase = true
  re.Global = true
  re.Pattern = ":"
  SetName = "PC" & re.Replace(sMac, "")
End Function
```

The first three lines of the script make up a header that all UserExit scripts have. The interesting part is the lines between Function and End Function. Those lines add a prefix (PC), remove the colons from the MAC Address, and return the value to the rules by setting the SetName value.

> [!NOTE]
> The purpose of this sample isn't to recommend that you use the MAC Address as a base for computer naming, but to show you how to take a variable from MDT, pass it to an external script, make some changes to it, and then return the new value to the deployment process.

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