
- #SYSTEMNAME WINDOWS FILE WINDOWS 10#
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THIS FIX WILL WORK FOR “XP”, “VISTA”, and “WINDOWS 7″.ġ) Go to Start- ‘Run’- then type regedit and hit enter.

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Then again do the instruction of “Cahones” even without restarting the PC or Laptop. Log off the current user profile and log in the new user Make new user with administrator rights in control panel If you could please share the information with the rest of us, it would be greatly appreciated. It appears you possibly replied to ILUV… via email but the solution was never posted here. Jat 8:45 you follow the steps? Were you able to change the computer name? if any1 can help me i would really appreciate it! :) i want to change the name “Bill” to my own prefrence and was wondering if any1 can help? if you can help me could you please send me an email at ? i found this post as a result on google so im not sure if i will be able to find it again is the only reason i ask for an email. in C:\Users There “Bill”, “Guest”, And “Public”. i bought my laptop off of craigslist and the guy who origanally set it up was named bill. I believe what the above posters, and I would like to know, is the same for this previous post. Groove, thank you for your time and assistance. You will be prompted to reboot the computer, and once your reboot is complete, your new computer name will be in effect. Once you complete step 4, click OK a few times. Type in the new name for your computer under Computer Name Field. Step 2Ĭlick the Change button under Computer Name Tab.
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With Windows 7 and Vista, you can type System and click System as shown to the right. Note: Like all things Windows, there are several ways to do the same thing. Step 1Ĭlick the Start Button and right-click Computer, and select Properties. The following is for older versions of Windows like Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.
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Once you come back from the restart, go to Start > Settings > System > About, and under the “Device Specifications” section, you’ll see the new name for your Windows 10 computer. To complete the renaming process, you’ll need to restart the machine. So you would need it to be one word or add hyphens where you want spaces to be. Note: Your name for the PC can’t contain spaces or special characters. In the dialog box that comes up, type in what you want your computer name to be and click Next. The following screen will pop up that displays your system information - including its name. Next, click on About from the left-hand panel. When the “Settings” page opens up, click on System. Alternately you can use the keyboard shortcut Windows key + I. Open Settings by clicking the Start button and then Settings from the left panel of icons. Also, click any of the images for earlier versions of Windows below to enlarge them.

Note: This article has been updated to include Windows 10.
