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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Setup and Deployment / August 2006change default name of system file user
When my father died, we gave his PC to my daughter. The Documents and Setting folder has a subfolder named for him, i.e., documents and settings\grandpa\*. We want to rename it all references to him to our daughter, i.e., documents and settings\grandaughter\*. I saw Carey Frisch's suggestion to use Change the Computer's Registered Owner in Windows XP, http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_change_owner.htm. We also saw Brian Conner's suggestion to use http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm, Option 7 on the right. Will either of these change these entries as we wish throughout the registry, or am I stuck with wiping the harddrive and starting over? Thank you.  SignatureI know enuff to be dangerous. Firstly, http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_change_owner.htm This will change the registered owner of the computer. This is shown in the properties of 'My Computer'. Many new software installers pick-up the registered owner from here. The folders you are referring to are a different story. Basically the easiest way to wipe out the old references and make new ones is to create a new user in the 'User Accounts' control panel and delete the old one. Please note that you will have to log-in to the new account to delete the old. You may find that some settings and Start-Menu entries are lost by doing this. You can change just the name of the account (from the same place) but this will not change the folder names. > When my father died, we gave his PC to my daughter. The Documents and > Setting [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Thank you. I'm so glad Microsoft made such an obvious need such an awful task. Thanks. SignatureI know enuff to be dangerous. > Firstly, > http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_change_owner.htm [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > > > Thank you. |
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