Changing Owners Configuration to Mine

[bigbear]

I bought a used Computer with Win XP Home. The Previous
owner did not remove any information. I was able to change
the Name to Mine, however the folders with his name ie.
John J Doe are still there. Trying to delete or rename
them I get message telling me that it is part of Windows
and can not be Deleted or Renamed. Everytime I save a file
it comes up under his name. I am the Administrator now, I
did remove him as a User, this did not resolve the Problem

Can I Remove him and Start all over with a Factory
Restore. There is no disc from Compaq. Would Upgrading to
Win XP Pro resolve it by removing all old data. The
Computer works fine otherwise, but whenever I try to
register a new Program his name Comes up in the
Registration Information, even after Changing it, the
Registration comes back in his name.

Please Help. my email imbigbear69(remove)@hotmail.com
Thank You

 

[Malke]

I bought a used Computer with Win XP Home. The Previous
owner did not remove any information. I was able to change
the Name to Mine, however the folders with his name ie.
John J Doe are still there. Trying to delete or rename
them I get message telling me that it is part of Windows
and can not be Deleted or Renamed. Everytime I save a file
it comes up under his name. I am the Administrator now, I
did remove him as a User, this did not resolve the Problem

Can I Remove him and Start all over with a Factory
Restore. There is no disc from Compaq. Would Upgrading to
Win XP Pro resolve it by removing all old data. The
Computer works fine otherwise, but whenever I try to
register a new Program his name Comes up in the
Registration Information, even after Changing it, the
Registration comes back in his name.

Please Help. my email imbigbear69(remove)@hotmail.com
Thank You

Check on Compaq's website for tech support for your model. They must
have provided a Recovery Program, either on cd or in a partition on the
hard drive. There may be a keystroke combination that gets you into the
program (HP's, for instance, use F10). I do think the cleanest way to
make this computer your own is to put it back to factory condition. If
you need cd's, then Compaq can send them to you.

Malke

 

[Kelly]

Hi,

You will need to create a new profile to accomplish this. If you are
wanting to copy a majority of what is there already, follow the steps here
(if not, start anew):

How to Copy a User Profile
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_logon.htm

To tackle the rest:

Change Registered Owner and Organization (Line 7)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Change Computer Name (Line 109)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Change My Computer Name to User Name (Line 131)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm