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How do I change the name on "Documents and Settings" . My friend built my
computer, and got my name wrong, and got deployed to Iraq, so it's hard to
get him to re-set it !!
 
Erv56Dawg said:
How do I change the name on "Documents and Settings" . My friend
built my computer, and got my name wrong, and got deployed to Iraq,
so it's hard to get him to re-set it !!
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Not that the name in Documents and Settings matters (aesthetic) - but the
safest and best way is to create a new user account (with the name you want
it to have) and transfer your stuff to it.
 
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Dawg
Really Shenan, thank you for the referral, but would an answer have been
more appropriate, or do you not know?
 
(nothing because he posted below the signature delimiter)

Fixed quote:

"Dawg
Really Shenan, thank you for the referral, but would an answer have been
more appropriate, or do you not know?"

Shenan *did* answer you, as I also did in the other thread you made about
this (or a similar issue) in the other newsgroup. As did Bruce Chambers.

Let's make this real simple for you:

1. Go to Google Groups Advanced Search and constrain your search to your
name. That way you'll see all the posts you've made and all the answers
you've already gotten. I'll even do it *for* you (see TinyURL below) but
now you will know how for the future.

http://tinyurl.com/5ufq6w

I see five posts by you.

2. Now read through all the answers you got, requests for clarification,
etc. Find *one* of those threads and stick to it. It could even be *this*
one. BTW, disregard my comments about Vista in the answer I gave you in the
other thread although the fix is the same in XP (see below).

General information about user accounts (which you've already been told by 3
people, but maybe it wasn't clear):

1. You can't just change the name of a user account by renaming it. If you
change the name in the User Accounts applet from "Fred" to "Dawg", you have
only made a superficial cosmetic change. The actual user account will
remain "Fred". So naturally the path to My Documents which you see in the
addressbar will be "C:\Documents and Settings\Fred\My Documents.

2. You fix this by making a *new* user account named "Dawg" (or whatever you
like) and copying the data and settings (if desired) from "Fred" to "Dawg".
After you have "Dawg" set up the way you like and know that all your stuff
is there, you can delete "Fred" from the User Accounts applet. You don't
*have* to delete it if you want to have an extra account for emergencies
but you *can*.

Copy a User Account - http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=811151

(Note: You must log onto the new account once before you can copy anything
to it.)

Hope this has clarified things for you. Except for the information you
wanted about "Media backup discs", the other posts are all really about the
same thing. You apparently just didn't realize it.

Malke
 
Erv56Dawg said:
How do I change the name on "Documents and Settings" . My friend
built my computer, and got my name wrong, and got deployed to
Iraq, so it's hard to get him to re-set it !!
Click to expand...
Not that the name in Documents and Settings matters (aesthetic) -
but the safest and best way is to create a new user account (with
the name you want it to have) and transfer your stuff to it.
Click to expand...
Really Shenan, thank you for the referral, but would an answer
have been more appropriate, or do you not know?
Click to expand...

Erv56Dawg,

I am sorry you feel my direct answer is some sort of 'referral'.

Let me repeat it in a more point-by-point way for you so you might better
comprehend it...

1) Create a new user with the name you/your friend desires...
2) Transfer the pertinent stuff from the old user account to the new
(internet favorite, my documents, desktop, etc.)
3) Start using the new account and delete the old one when you are certain
you left nothing on the old account.

That's the BEST way to get the account in whatever name you want. Otherwise
you will do some registry hacking and such and things will likely be missed
and the consequences may haunt you or your friend for the rest of the time
you use that account.

Take it or leave it - there was no referral. My signature does not change -
my answer to you also remains the same in this case.
 
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