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PC admin question

Hi,

Is the any way to change the name on your pc?
All the time I download something or send a pic to someone , all
I can see is the name of my ex who registered my pc for me.
I am running vista
What the heart has once owned and had, it shall never lose.

~ Henry Ward Beecher

Comments

  • Marty_J
    Marty_J Posts: 6,594 Forumite
    Type sysdm.cpl into the start menu, then click the change button in the System Properties window.
  • Marty_J
    Marty_J Posts: 6,594 Forumite
    Are you using his ex-account?
  • mdbarber
    mdbarber Posts: 1,116 Forumite
    if its the main account created during install its tricky to remove the name completely, even renaming the user will leave folders in place with that name on.
    Look on the brightside, unlike a tatoo u can format the hdd and reinstall..
    click here to achieve nothing!
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