"VanguardLH" wrote:

franklin-xy wrote:

Currently all the cookies generated by Internet Explorer include my family
name in the username section before the "@", e.g. . I
assume that is because my family name was used as the Windows account name,
which now shows beside "Registered To: when you right-click My Computer
Properties General.

The cookie (a text file) contains info you used at the site, for login.
If you want to change what the site records in their cookie saved on
your host, change your login or account on that site.

You have missed the point. The issue is not the contents of the cookie. The
filename of each cookie file contains my Windows username in the section
before the "@", e.g. , comes from the Windows account name.
That username is identical for every cookie produced from my browsing, and
as it has my family name I wish to change it as that information is visible
to http traffic. So, I will await someone who knows how Windows user profiles
work to snswer the real questions:

I want to remove that family name from future cookies. What do I have to do?
If I simply use the User Accounts Control Panel to change the account name
that is displayed, will that change future cookies?

Or, does the username in cookies come from the user directory name?

If it's the latter, from the user directory name, then is the best method
to create a new Windows user profile, and then copy user data from the old
user profile to the new profile as detailed here?:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;811151

I read about that method, and another method that involves editing the
registry key "RegisteredOwner" at
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion, so I'm
seeking to know the best method.

And, if I then do copy over the user data from the old user profile to the
new profile, will my applications all work afterwards retaining my prefs,
settings, etc., or will I need to edit any paths anywhere?