Winman
05-21-1999, 03:22 PM
Is anyone aware of the same change, that I can make to a Win95/8 workstation. This changes the text of My Computer to " User: username On: computername ", based on who ever logs in. This works for NT but I haven't found it for 95.
Thanks....
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DETERMINE A COMPUTER NAME OR LOGGED-ON USERNAME
Do you support users where the hardest part is trying to determine their computer name or the logged-on username? Wouldn't it be great if this information were always on the desktop? Here's how:
1. Start the Registry editor (regedt32.exe)
2. Move to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}.
3. Select the <No Name> value and Delete.
4. From the Edit menu select Add Value.
5. Leave the value name blank and set the type to REG_EXPAND_SZ.
6. Click OK and enter the text "User: %USERNAME% on: %COMPUTERNAME%".
7. Click OK.
Click the desktop and press F5 (for refresh) and the change takes effect. Now, when each user logs on to the workstation, the My Computer icon on the desktop will have the text "User: xxxxxx on: wwwwww" in place of the text "My Computer." The usual warnings and disclaimers about editing the Registry apply.
Thanks....
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DETERMINE A COMPUTER NAME OR LOGGED-ON USERNAME
Do you support users where the hardest part is trying to determine their computer name or the logged-on username? Wouldn't it be great if this information were always on the desktop? Here's how:
1. Start the Registry editor (regedt32.exe)
2. Move to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}.
3. Select the <No Name> value and Delete.
4. From the Edit menu select Add Value.
5. Leave the value name blank and set the type to REG_EXPAND_SZ.
6. Click OK and enter the text "User: %USERNAME% on: %COMPUTERNAME%".
7. Click OK.
Click the desktop and press F5 (for refresh) and the change takes effect. Now, when each user logs on to the workstation, the My Computer icon on the desktop will have the text "User: xxxxxx on: wwwwww" in place of the text "My Computer." The usual warnings and disclaimers about editing the Registry apply.