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title: Bogus computer_name fields are reported in some events
description: Prior to the hostname configuration stage, during OS installation any event log records generated may have a randomly assigned hostname. 
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2439/reference/beats/winlogbeat/bogus-computer-name-fields

This applies to:
- Generally available in 9.0+ for Stack
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# Bogus computer_name fields are reported in some events
Prior to the hostname configuration stage, during OS installation any event log records generated may have a randomly assigned hostname.