Windows XP Professional Start Menu

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Hi. I would like to know if anyone knows where the actual information that
displays the users name at the top of the Start Menu dialog Box is stored.
 
In HGRinOH typed on Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:56:02 -0800:
Hi. I would like to know if anyone knows where the actual information
that displays the users name at the top of the Start Menu dialog Box
is stored.
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From the user name that is logged on. Why do you ask?

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Bill
2 Gateway MX6124 - Windows XP SP2
3 Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
2 Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 1GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2 ~ Xandros Linux - Puppy - Ubuntu
 
The name in the start menu is spelled incorrectly. The name that is displayed
is my full name with middle initial, but the username is just my first name -
so I don't think the displayed name in the start menu window is taken from
the username. By the way, I am connected to a domain and i already tried
changing the username in Active Directroy which did not change it iether.
That is why I believe that it is stored somewhere on the local machine.
 
Look in the "Documents and Settings" folder and the name that is stored
there is what shows up. Later changing the user name won't change this.
Only creating a brand new user will it change.

In HGRinOH typed on Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:31:02 -0800:
The name in the start menu is spelled incorrectly. The name that is
displayed is my full name with middle initial, but the username is
just my first name - so I don't think the displayed name in the start
menu window is taken from the username. By the way, I am connected to
a domain and i already tried changing the username in Active
Directroy which did not change it iether. That is why I believe that
it is stored somewhere on the local machine.
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Bill
2 Gateway MX6124 - Windows XP SP2
3 Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
2 Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 1GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2 ~ Xandros Linux - Puppy - Ubuntu
 
Just a guess, but is it using the "Registered Owner" registry entry located
here:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
Louis
 
The date and time was Tuesday, January 13, 2009 7:31:02 AM, and on a
whim, HGRinOH pounded out on the keyboard:
The name in the start menu is spelled incorrectly. The name that is displayed
is my full name with middle initial, but the username is just my first name -
so I don't think the displayed name in the start menu window is taken from
the username. By the way, I am connected to a domain and i already tried
changing the username in Active Directroy which did not change it iether.
That is why I believe that it is stored somewhere on the local machine.
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If you're logging into a domain, it should contain the exact same info
as the User info on the domain states.

Do you possibly have a local profile you're loading?

You could always log in as an Administrator, remove the incorrectly
named user profile on the workstation (after making sure your data is
backed up, even on the Desktop), log in anew and it should be corrected.

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Terry R.

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You can rename it this way:


1. Open "User Accounts" from the Start Menu Control Panel.

2. Choose an account.

3. Click "Change my name".


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