Changing an incorrectly entered name in Vista

TheGreatSatan · 16-October-08, 07:11 PM

If someone's name was entered incorrectly in Vista's setup, where do you go to fix it? Control Panel, User Accounts is not it. It is somewhere in the registry, but where?

FeRaL · 16-October-08, 07:15 PM

If it is in the registry, just do a ctrl f and enter the incorrectly entered name. That should do it.

TheGreatSatan · 16-October-08, 07:56 PM

I tried that. It gave me about a hundred hits

67_GTO · 16-October-08, 08:09 PM

The computer name or user account name?

BeetleMan · 16-October-08, 09:00 PM

computer name: control panel-->system--> click on "change settings", that will open "system properties" and there should be a tab called "computer name" click on "change"

voila! that should do it.....

piscikeeper · 17-October-08, 03:09 AM

just create a new account and transfer files and settings, then delete the old one.

reflux · 17-October-08, 08:33 AM

Control Panel > User Accounts > Change your account name

16-October-08, 07:11 PM		#1 (permalink)
TheGreatSatan Apex Tech Demi-God	Changing an incorrectly entered name in Vista If someone's name was entered incorrectly in Vista's setup, where do you go to fix it? Control Panel, User Accounts is not it. It is somewhere in the registry, but where?

16-October-08, 07:15 PM		#2 (permalink)
FeRaL Mutant Moderator	Re: Changing an incorrectly entered name in Vista If it is in the registry, just do a ctrl f and enter the incorrectly entered name. That should do it.

16-October-08, 07:56 PM		#3 (permalink)
TheGreatSatan Apex Tech Demi-God	Re: Changing an incorrectly entered name in Vista I tried that. It gave me about a hundred hits

16-October-08, 08:09 PM		#4 (permalink)
67_GTO Apex Tech Fanatic	Re: Changing an incorrectly entered name in Vista The computer name or user account name?

16-October-08, 09:00 PM		#5 (permalink)
BeetleMan PCApex Corr-Hoe-spondent	Re: Changing an incorrectly entered name in Vista computer name: control panel-->system--> click on "change settings", that will open "system properties" and there should be a tab called "computer name" click on "change" voila! that should do it.....

17-October-08, 03:09 AM		#6 (permalink)
piscikeeper Apex Tech Fanatic	Re: Changing an incorrectly entered name in Vista just create a new account and transfer files and settings, then delete the old one.

17-October-08, 08:33 AM		#7 (permalink)
reflux Sempr0n?	Re: Changing an incorrectly entered name in Vista Control Panel > User Accounts > Change your account name

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