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Changing all the names on an old second-hand laptop
Is there a list somewhere of registry entries for owner's names? I am
using an OLD laptop to run Microsoft Word 97 in night school until they can fix the scheduling screw-up and put us in a lab. This laptop was given to me over 5 years ago by my mother's cousin when she upgraded. I changed the registry entry for the system information page you get to by right-slicking on "my computer", but just noticed last night I never changed the registration for Office. I'm going to search the registry for all entries of her name, but is there a list somewhere of all such things or a program to automate doing it? The laptop is running Windows 98 First Edition. |
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Changing all the names on an old second-hand laptop
I can't see that it is possible to get any such list, as there are
thousands (if not millions) of programs that may be affected. You may get most by a search in Regedit for the old owners name but some (like certain versions of Office, not sure of old versions like O97) that may need uninstalling/reinstalling. ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.com/index.htm On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:09:19 -0700 (PDT), in microsoft.public.win98.setup, SlickRCBD wrote: Is there a list somewhere of registry entries for owner's names? I am using an OLD laptop to run Microsoft Word 97 in night school until they can fix the scheduling screw-up and put us in a lab. This laptop was given to me over 5 years ago by my mother's cousin when she upgraded. I changed the registry entry for the system information page you get to by right-slicking on "my computer", but just noticed last night I never changed the registration for Office. I'm going to search the registry for all entries of her name, but is there a list somewhere of all such things or a program to automate doing it? The laptop is running Windows 98 First Edition. |
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Changing all the names on an old second-hand laptop
I can't see that it is possible to get any such list, as there are
thousands (if not millions) of programs that may be affected. You may get most by a search in Regedit for the old owners name but some (like certain versions of Office, not sure of old versions like O97) that may need uninstalling/reinstalling. ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.com/index.htm On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:09:19 -0700 (PDT), in microsoft.public.win98.setup, SlickRCBD wrote: Is there a list somewhere of registry entries for owner's names? I am using an OLD laptop to run Microsoft Word 97 in night school until they can fix the scheduling screw-up and put us in a lab. This laptop was given to me over 5 years ago by my mother's cousin when she upgraded. I changed the registry entry for the system information page you get to by right-slicking on "my computer", but just noticed last night I never changed the registration for Office. I'm going to search the registry for all entries of her name, but is there a list somewhere of all such things or a program to automate doing it? The laptop is running Windows 98 First Edition. |
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Changing all the names on an old second-hand laptop
If you just want to change the User Information in Word 97, open Word, click the
Tools menu Options User Information tab, change the user name in the Name box, and click OK. If you want to change the registered Company Name and the name that appears on the opening splash screen for registered user, you have to uninstall and then reinstall Office 97 (or Word 97 if that's all that is installed). Later versions of Office, starting with Office 2000 or XP, have a couple of places in the Registry that can be changed without having to uninstall/reinstall, but not so for Office 97 and earlier. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Windows, A+ http://dts-l.net/ http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm "SlickRCBD" wrote in message ... Is there a list somewhere of registry entries for owner's names? I am using an OLD laptop to run Microsoft Word 97 in night school until they can fix the scheduling screw-up and put us in a lab. This laptop was given to me over 5 years ago by my mother's cousin when she upgraded. I changed the registry entry for the system information page you get to by right-slicking on "my computer", but just noticed last night I never changed the registration for Office. I'm going to search the registry for all entries of her name, but is there a list somewhere of all such things or a program to automate doing it? The laptop is running Windows 98 First Edition. |
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Changing all the names on an old second-hand laptop
If you just want to change the User Information in Word 97, open Word, click the
Tools menu Options User Information tab, change the user name in the Name box, and click OK. If you want to change the registered Company Name and the name that appears on the opening splash screen for registered user, you have to uninstall and then reinstall Office 97 (or Word 97 if that's all that is installed). Later versions of Office, starting with Office 2000 or XP, have a couple of places in the Registry that can be changed without having to uninstall/reinstall, but not so for Office 97 and earlier. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Windows, A+ http://dts-l.net/ http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm "SlickRCBD" wrote in message ... Is there a list somewhere of registry entries for owner's names? I am using an OLD laptop to run Microsoft Word 97 in night school until they can fix the scheduling screw-up and put us in a lab. This laptop was given to me over 5 years ago by my mother's cousin when she upgraded. I changed the registry entry for the system information page you get to by right-slicking on "my computer", but just noticed last night I never changed the registration for Office. I'm going to search the registry for all entries of her name, but is there a list somewhere of all such things or a program to automate doing it? The laptop is running Windows 98 First Edition. |
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Changing all the names on an old second-hand laptop
On Sep 18, 4:26 am, Alan Edwards wrote:
I can't see that it is possible to get any such list, as there are thousands (if not millions) of programs that may be affected. You may get most by a search in Regedit for the old owners name but some (like certain versions of Office, not sure of old versions like O97) that may need uninstalling/reinstalling. ...Alan -- I meant for Windows and Office. Sorry if that wasn't clear. |
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Changing all the names on an old second-hand laptop
On Sep 18, 4:26 am, Alan Edwards wrote:
I can't see that it is possible to get any such list, as there are thousands (if not millions) of programs that may be affected. You may get most by a search in Regedit for the old owners name but some (like certain versions of Office, not sure of old versions like O97) that may need uninstalling/reinstalling. ...Alan -- I meant for Windows and Office. Sorry if that wasn't clear. |
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Changing all the names on an old second-hand laptop
So even if I change every instance I find in the registry, her name
will still be displayed on the splash screen when I start word? Bummer. Unfortunetly, I only have Office 97 and Office 2003. Also Office2007 TRIAL that has since expired. On Sep 20, 5:18 pm, "glee" wrote: If you just want to change the User Information in Word 97, open Word, click the Tools menu Options User Information tab, change the user name in the Name box, and click OK. If you want to change the registered Company Name and the name that appears on the opening splash screen for registered user, you have to uninstall and then reinstall Office 97 (or Word 97 if that's all that is installed). Later versions of Office, starting with Office 2000 or XP, have a couple of places in the Registry that can be changed without having to uninstall/reinstall, but not so for Office 97 and earlier. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Windows, A+http://dts-l.net/http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm "SlickRCBD" wrote in message ... Is there a list somewhere of registry entries for owner's names? I am using an OLD laptop to run Microsoft Word 97 in night school until they can fix the scheduling screw-up and put us in a lab. This laptop was given to me over 5 years ago by my mother's cousin when she upgraded. I changed the registry entry for the system information page you get to by right-slicking on "my computer", but just noticed last night I never changed the registration for Office. I'm going to search the registry for all entries of her name, but is there a list somewhere of all such things or a program to automate doing it? The laptop is running Windows 98 First Edition. |
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Changing all the names on an old second-hand laptop
So even if I change every instance I find in the registry, her name
will still be displayed on the splash screen when I start word? Bummer. Unfortunetly, I only have Office 97 and Office 2003. Also Office2007 TRIAL that has since expired. On Sep 20, 5:18 pm, "glee" wrote: If you just want to change the User Information in Word 97, open Word, click the Tools menu Options User Information tab, change the user name in the Name box, and click OK. If you want to change the registered Company Name and the name that appears on the opening splash screen for registered user, you have to uninstall and then reinstall Office 97 (or Word 97 if that's all that is installed). Later versions of Office, starting with Office 2000 or XP, have a couple of places in the Registry that can be changed without having to uninstall/reinstall, but not so for Office 97 and earlier. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Windows, A+http://dts-l.net/http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm "SlickRCBD" wrote in message ... Is there a list somewhere of registry entries for owner's names? I am using an OLD laptop to run Microsoft Word 97 in night school until they can fix the scheduling screw-up and put us in a lab. This laptop was given to me over 5 years ago by my mother's cousin when she upgraded. I changed the registry entry for the system information page you get to by right-slicking on "my computer", but just noticed last night I never changed the registration for Office. I'm going to search the registry for all entries of her name, but is there a list somewhere of all such things or a program to automate doing it? The laptop is running Windows 98 First Edition. |
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Changing all the names on an old second-hand laptop
On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:42:28 -0700 (PDT), SlickRCBD
wrote: Is there a list somewhere of registry entries for owner's names? I am using an OLD laptop .. somewhere of all such things or a program to automate doing it? The laptop is running Windows 98 First Edition. Start/Run, type "regedit" in a box & hit Enter from tab Registry go to Export registry file & save it to some place. Than change/rename/add the *.reg extension to *.wri extension so that WordPad can open it by double clicking it . There go to Edit/replace from tab and write in names you wanna change & click replace. When done save the file. Rename back file extension to previous state & double click on it to import the registry.Restart Win ... Done ! :-) -- Regards , SPAJKY ® mail addr. @ my site @ http://www.spajky.vze.com 7y - "Tualatin OC-ed / BX-Slot1 / inaudible setup!" |
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