Here is another way to change your name in Win 95:

1. On the Run menu, type Regedit and press OK to get the registry editor.
2. Click on the Edit menu above on Find.
3. Type in the wrong name as it appears and click OK or press Enter. (Or, you
can type in "Owner" - without the quotes, of course.)
4. When it finds the wrong name, highlight it if it's not already, and then
edit it.
5. Press F3 to repeat the find. Do this until told that registry search is
complete.

How's that?

Best, Mike

Dr. Michael W. Ecker, Editor
Recreational & Educational Computing
Clarks Summit, PA 18411

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In a message dated 98-02-08 03:13:27 EST, you write:

 On Wed, 4 Feb 1998 18:56:23 -0500 Tim Klymkow <[log in to unmask]> writes:
 >Larry,
 >
 >Here's the location within the Registry in order to change the
 >Registered
 >Owner's NAME:
 >
 >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/MICROSOFT/WINDOWS/CURRENTVERSION
 >RegisteredOwner "NAME"
 >
 >Hope this helps!
 >
 >Tim Klymkow
 >
 >-----Original Message-----
 >
 >Subject: Changing Default Name in Win 95
 >
 >
 >>I recently installed Win 95 on a clients computer,
 >> and put in the wrong first name.
 >>   How can I fix my screw-up?
 >> I suggested he change his name, but he wasn't amused :-)
 >>  I am confortable with registry edits.
 >>
 That only accomplishes half of the job. The name of the user is also
 stored in the file windows\system\user.exe. Many programs look there on
 install and will use that name for thier own install. Makes it kind of
 ugly if one has misspelled the name on the original Windows install. The
 only way around that that I know of is to hex edit that particular
 program. Simple if you understand anything about hex editing, totally
 disastrous if you don't.             Tom Sandborn
  >>


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