By default, the EC2config service will attempt to set your computer name for you. You can change this behavior by editing the Config.xml file inside your instance to have the element <Ec2SetComputerName> changed to Disabled. More information on this can be found here:
http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/appendix-windows-config.html
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