I named it "Rich" but for some reason windows added a bunch of junk after
this. (rich-w1dqfxk5ct)

sorry to inundate with questions. I added "Rich" but I don't know how to
delete the original.

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:3R1sd.129283$V41.58170@attbi_s52...
> sorry to inundate with questions. I added "Rich" but I don't know how to
> delete the original.

have a look in control panel > system >computer name

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:3R1sd.129283$V41.58170@attbi_s52...
> sorry to inundate with questions. I added "Rich" but I don't know how to
> delete the original.

or if its not the computer name but a user account , you can change names in
control panel >user accounts

thanks, but I created another with teh correct name and now have two and
want to get rid of the (longer) first one. I don't know how to delete it. ??

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> thanks, but I created another with teh correct name and now have two
> and want to get rid of the (longer) first one. I don't know how to
> delete it. ??

This sounds like you made a new user account. There can only be one
computer name. To delete the user account you don't want, log in with a
different user account with administrative privileges. Go to the User
Accounts applet in Control Panel and delete the unwanted account.

Malke
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