Changing name that xp was registered with.

[lianciana]

Hi,

The person who typed the name to register the computer has a very long
name.

Unfortnately this means I have to type it at the command prompt to
access files and this is bloody annoying.

Can I change it? If so how?

Thanks,

Morgan

(I mean the name that appears in the address bar after "C:/")

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hi,

The person who typed the name to register the computer has a very long
name.

Unfortnately this means I have to type it at the command prompt to
access files and this is bloody annoying.

Can I change it? If so how?

Thanks,

Morgan

(I mean the name that appears in the address bar after "C:/")

There are several answers to your question.

"Registration Name". I don't think you're talking about
the name used to register Windows. You are probably
talking about the logon name. Why don't you create you
own account rather than using somebody else's? You
can do it like so from the Command Prompt:

net user Morgan SomePassword /add

"Accessing Files from the Command Prompt". There
is no need to type the long name each time. You can
enter this command instead:

cd %UserProfile%

You could also type this:
cd \pro* {Enter}
cd long* {Enter}
(if the person's long name starts with "long").

"Auto-Completion". Instead of launching the default
command processor, create yourself a shortcut with
this command:
cmd /fn /k mode con lines=50

When changing directory to "c:\documents and settings",
type
cd \doc
and press Ctrl+F. You might be pleasantly surprised!
Press Ctrl+F a second time if you don't like the result.

 

[Malke]

Hi,

The person who typed the name to register the computer has a very long
name.

Unfortnately this means I have to type it at the command prompt to
access files and this is bloody annoying.

Can I change it? If so how?

Thanks,

Morgan

(I mean the name that appears in the address bar after "C:/")

Make a new user account for yourself. Copy the current account settings.
Here are links to help you with this. Note that you will need to log
into the new user account once before you can copy anything to it. You
will also need to import your e-mail messages and addresses to the new
user profile before you delete the old profile.

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

Lockergnome article about copying user account -
http://tinyurl.com/74atm

Malke

 

[Darrell S]

This assumes it is your computer now and the old user doesn't use it any
more.

If you don't have to enter a user name/password now and don't want to have
to, you can change things in the Registry.
Click on Start...Run.... type in regedit, click OK. To be safe make a copy
of your current Registry somewhere you'll remember. If you later have a
problem you can recover to your previous Registry. In Registry click on
File... Export, give it a name and save it. Later if you need to you click
on File...Import and import your saved Registry.

Now click on Edit...Find. Type in the existing name you want to change.
When it finds a listing of the unwanted name change it to what you want.
Hit the F3 key and it will search for the next listing of that name and you
change it. Etc.