Change Computer Name

[Guest]

As often as I turn to these forums for help, you would think by now I would
have learned to not be so stupid. Here a while back I asked in this forum, I
think it was this forum, about changing the name of this computer. Someone
was kind enough to offer help - something about copying and deleting identies
I think - and I wasn't smart enough to print or save their post. When this
computer was new it was named for the person it was paired to. That person
has since left the company, under some very ungracious circumstances. Now all
attachments sent to our customers, vendors, etc still carry that persons name
in the file name. It is irritating to be constantly rubbing the wound simply
because XP requires every computer to be named. Hopefully we have learned the
bitter lesson that even our (3rd party) techs didn't know - don't name
computers after people! Last time I posted this question, someone was kind
enough to provide me a link to a process for making the change. What I
remember most was getting lost in the process as I read it and getting
irritated that I was probably going to have to call in a tech and pay to have
all our computers changed to benign names. Since then I have decided once
again to try my hand at making the change and started searching for my post
on this subject. I never found my post but I found many others that seemed
quite similar, except the corrective measures always included adjusting the
registry, something I'm not brave enough to tackle. Obviously I'm not alone
in this situ. If anyone knows of instructions for changing the name of a
computer – (not registered owner, that is fine) - and all the like named
files, and the instructions are written elementary enough that even us
computerly challenged can follow them, I would greatly appreciate a link. I'm
sure requiring a computer to be named is a good thing or it wouldn't be so,
but after reviewing such a long list of postings asking for help on this
subject, and because the fix seems complex, it's easy to question the logic.
All ideas, suggestions, and comments will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, K.

 

[cu]

I dont know if you just need to change the computer name to fix your
problems but if you do its very simple. Right click on "My Computer"
and go to properties. There will be a tab called "Computer Name" with
a button named "Change". Just click the change button and you can
rename the computer there.

 

[Guest]

Thanks cu. Appreciate your taking time to consider and reply to my post. A
typical attachment I would send to a customer is C:\Documents and
Settings\computer name\Desktop. Changing names as you describe is one of the
first things I did. It did change the name on the startup screen, but it
didn't change the name of the offending file. K.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Thanks cu. Appreciate your taking time to consider and reply to my post. A
typical attachment I would send to a customer is C:\Documents and
Settings\computer name\Desktop. Changing names as you describe is one of the
first things I did. It did change the name on the startup screen, but it
didn't change the name of the offending file. K.

Well, no, it wouldn't change the information on any pre-existing files.
You'll need to recreate those under the new registered user's account.


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