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re: Change computer name
Sunday, October 2, 2005 at 10:13 pm
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Posted by Rich (2 messages posted)


Thank you Joe, the problem has been taken care of and all is well now....


On Sunday, October 2, 2005 at 6:25 pm, Joe Hepperle wrote:
>Go ahead and click on that 'log off' line. A pop-up box will ask if you really want
>to log off. Answer 'YES'. Then another larger pop-up box will open (This is the
>'log on' box). That new pop-up log-on box will probably have that old unwanted name
>in the 'USER NAME' row. Simply delete that old name and enter the new name you want
>to use. Your new name doesn't have to be your real name... it can be anything you
>want. Because I am usually in a hurry, I frequently just type in FRED as the user.
>You also can leave the 'PASSWORD' row blank.
>
>Now click on the 'OK' button and you should not see that unwanted old username again.
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>You cannot have it be blank though. Windows will insist that you enter something.
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re: Change computer name (Joe Hepperle: Sunday, October 2, 2005 at 6:25 pm)

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All messages in this thread [show all]
-Change computer name (Rich: Sat, Oct 1, 2005, 11:51 pm)
-re: Change computer name (Joe Hepperle: Sun, Oct 2, 2005, 6:25 pm)
*re: Change computer name (Rich: Sun, Oct 2, 2005, 10:13 pm)
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