I recently needed to rename my Sharepoint development machine so I could move it into a new collaborative development environment (versus standalone in a workgroup). A little searching turned up this tutorial [www.jjfblog.com] from a while back, which worked with a slight modification. I have reposted the contents of the tutorial below, with a slight modification (see original post and comments for details). Note: The new collaborative environment uses Team Foundation Server 2008, so look for a later post on collaborative Sharepoint development using TFS. First: Change each alternate access mapping for your MOSS/WSS deployment in Central Administration Open Central Administration Click on the “Operations” Tab Click on the “Alternate access mappings” link under the “Global Configuration” heading Modify each mapping item to reflect your newly chosen server name, making sure to keep port numbers the same (this also include the mapping for Central Administration, don’t worry it's...