computer owner

[caissurfer]

Hi--I recently bought a used HP dv6 laptop running Win 7 Pro. After some while i managed to change the owners name to mine but his name still appears in certain addresses and along side some folder names--c:/user/***/. [*** being his name].
What i would like to know is there anyway of completely removing this name from the system?

Any help would be appreciated thanks

[IPR512]

Take a look at the info in the link.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...6-77232207c7e2

[caissurfer]

Originally Posted by IPR512

Take a look at the info in the link.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...6-77232207c7e2

hI IPR--having followed your instructions now when i got back to the user profiles copy page i found the following--
Default profile--1.57mb---local
Jay-PC\cl --- 22.8mb --local
Jay-PC\Jay--- ? --- local
JayPC\Tech-- 2.62mb--local

\Jay being the acct name i wish to remove
\cl being the new name i want [created this as standard acct]
\Tech being the spare Admin acct i created

The problem now is when i click on the Old acct Jay-PC\Jay the COPY box does not light.
In fact the only one to light "copy" is the Default acct.

[IPR512]

Hi caissurfer
I've just gotten done reading numerous posts at that link I had given you, and now I'm sorry that I even gave you the link as others are reporting all sorts of problems.
I do know that years ago I was given a computer that had been somebody else's, and I tried changing the name on it. I finally had to wind up reformatting it to get things right.