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April 1st 06, 04:42 AM
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Name change in XP SP2
My son-in-law gave me a laptop with Win XP SP2 in it. However, it has his
name in all the appropriate places. How or can I change those to my name? I've also thought of doing a Format C: and re-install XP, I have original CDs. How can I do this if I take this course of action? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY 
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April 1st 06, 04:50 AM
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Name change in XP SP2
Edit the registry - search on his name and change all instances to yours.
"Willy" wrote in message ... My son-in-law gave me a laptop with Win XP SP2 in it. However, it has his name in all the appropriate places. How or can I change those to my name? I've also thought of doing a Format C: and re-install XP, I have original CDs. How can I do this if I take this course of action? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY
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April 1st 06, 05:35 AM
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Name change in XP SP2
Bill,
To change the registered owner name in the registry, see: How to Change Name and Company Information After You Install Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310441 How To Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=279783 To perform a clean installation, the following guide should help. Performing a Clean Install of Windows XP: http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/e...2october07.asp http://www.echoproject.net/en/software/catalog.html -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User] Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "Willy" wrote in message ... My son-in-law gave me a laptop with Win XP SP2 in it. However, it has his name in all the appropriate places. How or can I change those to my name? I've also thought of doing a Format C: and re-install XP, I have original CDs. How can I do this if I take this course of action? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY
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April 1st 06, 07:22 AM
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Name change in XP SP2
Jerry,
I did this but it failed to make change under C:\Documents and Settings\Cat. The name did not change. I even went into the Control PanelUser Accounts and did name change there. -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Jerry" wrote in message ... Edit the registry - search on his name and change all instances to yours. "Willy" wrote in message ... My son-in-law gave me a laptop with Win XP SP2 in it. However, it has his name in all the appropriate places. How or can I change those to my name? I've also thought of doing a Format C: and re-install XP, I have original CDs. How can I do this if I take this course of action? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY
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April 1st 06, 07:23 AM
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Name change in XP SP2
Ramesh,
I went to the link to change user names and that worked to a point. Under C:\Documents and Settings\Cat. The name did not change. I even went into the Control PanelUser Accounts and did name change there. What next? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote in message ... Bill, To change the registered owner name in the registry, see: How to Change Name and Company Information After You Install Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310441 How To Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=279783 To perform a clean installation, the following guide should help. Performing a Clean Install of Windows XP: http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/e...2october07.asp http://www.echoproject.net/en/software/catalog.html -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User] Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "Willy" wrote in message ... My son-in-law gave me a laptop with Win XP SP2 in it. However, it has his name in all the appropriate places. How or can I change those to my name? I've also thought of doing a Format C: and re-install XP, I have original CDs. How can I do this if I take this course of action? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY
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April 1st 06, 07:49 AM
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Name change in XP SP2
Bill,
Simplest way is to create a new user account with your preferred name. OTOH if you want to rename the profile folder of the existing user account, you do so after altering the registry. How to rename or move a User Profile folder?: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/userpath.htm Alternately, you can make an exact copy the existing user profile to another. Create a duplicate user profile with a different name: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/dupprofile.htm -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User] Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "Willy" wrote in message ... Ramesh, I went to the link to change user names and that worked to a point. Under C:\Documents and Settings\Cat. The name did not change. I even went into the Control PanelUser Accounts and did name change there. What next? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote in message ... Bill, To change the registered owner name in the registry, see: How to Change Name and Company Information After You Install Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310441 How To Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=279783 To perform a clean installation, the following guide should help. Performing a Clean Install of Windows XP: http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/e...2october07.asp http://www.echoproject.net/en/software/catalog.html -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User] Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "Willy" wrote in message ... My son-in-law gave me a laptop with Win XP SP2 in it. However, it has his name in all the appropriate places. How or can I change those to my name? I've also thought of doing a Format C: and re-install XP, I have original CDs. How can I do this if I take this course of action? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY
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April 1st 06, 10:25 AM
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Name change in XP SP2
Ramesh,
The folder I referenced is the administrator's (C:\Documents and Settings\Cat) folder and only User. Even after editing Registry it won't let me rename it, gives me message about it being a System Folder and cannot be deleted or renamed. -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote in message ... Bill, Simplest way is to create a new user account with your preferred name. OTOH if you want to rename the profile folder of the existing user account, you do so after altering the registry. How to rename or move a User Profile folder?: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/userpath.htm Alternately, you can make an exact copy the existing user profile to another. Create a duplicate user profile with a different name: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/dupprofile.htm -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User] Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "Willy" wrote in message ... Ramesh, I went to the link to change user names and that worked to a point. Under C:\Documents and Settings\Cat. The name did not change. I even went into the Control PanelUser Accounts and did name change there. What next? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote in message ... Bill, To change the registered owner name in the registry, see: How to Change Name and Company Information After You Install Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310441 How To Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=279783 To perform a clean installation, the following guide should help. Performing a Clean Install of Windows XP: http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/e...2october07.asp http://www.echoproject.net/en/software/catalog.html -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User] Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "Willy" wrote in message ... My son-in-law gave me a laptop with Win XP SP2 in it. However, it has his name in all the appropriate places. How or can I change those to my name? I've also thought of doing a Format C: and re-install XP, I have original CDs. How can I do this if I take this course of action? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY
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April 1st 06, 10:40 AM
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Name change in XP SP2
Bill,
You must login to a different user account (Admin equivalent) first, and then try to rename the other account's profile folder. -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User] Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "Willy" wrote in message ... Ramesh, The folder I referenced is the administrator's (C:\Documents and Settings\Cat) folder and only User. Even after editing Registry it won't let me rename it, gives me message about it being a System Folder and cannot be deleted or renamed. -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote in message ... Bill, Simplest way is to create a new user account with your preferred name. OTOH if you want to rename the profile folder of the existing user account, you do so after altering the registry. How to rename or move a User Profile folder?: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/userpath.htm Alternately, you can make an exact copy the existing user profile to another. Create a duplicate user profile with a different name: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/dupprofile.htm -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User] Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
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April 1st 06, 10:59 AM
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Name change in XP SP2
Ramesh,
I'm an XP newbie but there is only that one account other than Guest. What do I do now? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote in message ... Bill, You must login to a different user account (Admin equivalent) first, and then try to rename the other account's profile folder. -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User] Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "Willy" wrote in message ... Ramesh, The folder I referenced is the administrator's (C:\Documents and Settings\Cat) folder and only User. Even after editing Registry it won't let me rename it, gives me message about it being a System Folder and cannot be deleted or renamed. -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote in message ... Bill, Simplest way is to create a new user account with your preferred name. OTOH if you want to rename the profile folder of the existing user account, you do so after altering the registry. How to rename or move a User Profile folder?: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/userpath.htm Alternately, you can make an exact copy the existing user profile to another. Create a duplicate user profile with a different name: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/dupprofile.htm -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User] Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
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April 1st 06, 11:50 AM
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Name change in XP SP2
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Willy wrote: Ramesh, I'm an XP newbie but there is only that one account other than Guest. What do I do now? Here's an idea. Go to Control Panel - User Accounts - Change the way users log on or off and then uncheck the checkbox that says ``Use the Welcome screen.'' This will allow you to type a username and password on the login stage and so may be able to use the administrator account.
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April 1st 06, 05:30 PM
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Name change in XP SP2
Willy wrote:
My son-in-law gave me a laptop with Win XP SP2 in it. However, it has his name in all the appropriate places. How or can I change those to my name? With second-hand computers, especially if acquired from strangers but perhaps even if acquired from a family member or friend, your wisest course of action would definitely be to format the hard drives and start fresh. You don't want to get in trouble because the original owner may have filled the hard drive with kiddie porn, or have problems because the original owner downloaded/installed viruses or other malware. However, to fix the "Registered to" information for WinNT/2K/XP, you can use Start Run Regedit.exe to edit: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\RegisteredOwner and: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\RegisteredOrganization How this will affect the name displayed in previously installed applications will vary depending upon each individual program; some read the registered owner information dynamically, while others read it only during installation. The user profile folders (C:\Documents and Settings\Username) _cannot_ be renamed, even if the associated user account has been. So, your best course of action would be to log on using the built-in Administrator account, create a new user account, with the username desired. You can then delete the old user account(s). HOW TO Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;279783 How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;811151 I've also thought of doing a Format C: and re-install XP, I have original CDs. How can I do this if I take this course of action? Simply boot from the WinXP installation CD. You'll be offered the opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of the installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the order of boot devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.) HOW TO Install Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default...B;en-us;316941 http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin
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April 1st 06, 06:23 PM
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Name change in XP SP2
Create a new user account of administrator type, Bill.
-- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User] Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "Willy" wrote in message ... Ramesh, I'm an XP newbie but there is only that one account other than Guest. What do I do now? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote in message ... Bill, You must login to a different user account (Admin equivalent) first, and then try to rename the other account's profile folder. -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User] Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "Willy" wrote in message ... Ramesh, The folder I referenced is the administrator's (C:\Documents and Settings\Cat) folder and only User. Even after editing Registry it won't let me rename it, gives me message about it being a System Folder and cannot be deleted or renamed. -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote in message ... Bill, Simplest way is to create a new user account with your preferred name. OTOH if you want to rename the profile folder of the existing user account, you do so after altering the registry. How to rename or move a User Profile folder?: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/userpath.htm Alternately, you can make an exact copy the existing user profile to another. Create a duplicate user profile with a different name: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/dupprofile.htm -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User] Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
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April 2nd 06, 04:22 AM
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Name change in XP SP2
Ramesh,
I did create a temporary account then logged in to that account then was able to rename the C:\Documents and Settings\Cat folder. However when I logged back into the original account, Desktop and all was empty. Thank goodness I was able to use Restore and get back as it was. -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY
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April 2nd 06, 04:57 AM
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Name change in XP SP2
Bill,
It looks like the folder reference has not been changed in the registry correctly. Copying the profile is your best bet. See: Copy a user profile: (files and settings will be transferred) http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...file_copy.mspx or Create a duplicate user profile with a different name: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/dupprofile.htm -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User] Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "Willy" wrote in message ... Ramesh, I did create a temporary account then logged in to that account then was able to rename the C:\Documents and Settings\Cat folder. However when I logged back into the original account, Desktop and all was empty. Thank goodness I was able to use Restore and get back as it was. -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY
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April 4th 06, 06:32 AM
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Name change in XP SP2
Ramesh,
I went to both links and tried to copy profile & create a duplicate, however when I got to: 3. Under Profiles stored on this computer, click the user profile you want to copy, and then click Copy To. The "Copy To" was grayed out in both. Also after I created new user account (Donna) then logged into it then out then back into the Cat account (Original Admin account) then went through steps, it showed 2 accounts under SystemAdvancedUser ProfilesSettings as follows: CAT-xxxxxxxxxx\CAT (where xxxx is numbers/letters) and CAT-xxxxxxxxxx\Donna Both are Admin Accounts. But still the "Copy To" even after clicking CAT was grayed out. See I want to get rid of the CAT Folder in C:\Documents and Settings (I already edited the Registry & changed all CAT to Donna) and just have the Donna Folder with the settings from the Cat Folder. I can go into User Accounts & change user name to Donna and that shows at top of Start Dialog box but CAT Folder doesn't change. -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY
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