Re: how can I change computer name
- From: "K.C." <KC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 14:54:03 -0700
Thank you for your quick reply,
you made a good point that i would have never thought!
the reason i did not do a clean install that i bought the computer from
ubid.com and came with toshiba's own warranty, i thought they did their
homework.
I will do the clean install then.
Thanks again for the head's up.
K.C.
"Ken Blake" wrote:
> In news:83F99A5D-5CD5-4F12-A555-60C8776DA082@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> K.C. <KC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
>
> > i bought a refurbished laptop that runs XP home SP2.
> > I was able o change the computer name, and the registration
> > name to
> > mine. but still anytime i send a job to the network printer or
> > to put
> > my password from the screen saver is still displays valued
> > customer.
> > welcome scree also displays my name.
> > Does anybody have any idea how to change this w/o reinstalling
> > the XP?
>
>
> In my opinion, reinstalling Windows XP is exactly what you should
> do.
>
> If I bought a used computer, the first thing I would do with it
> would be to reinstall the operating system cleanly. You have no
> idea how the computer has been maintained, what has been
> installed incorrectly, what is missing, what viruses and spyware
> there may be, etc. I wouldn't want to live with somebody else's
> mistakes and problems, possibility of kiddie porn, etc., and I
> wouldn't recommend that anyone else do either.
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
>
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