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    help with changing name on acer laptop

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by surfguy17, Feb 22, 2010.

  1. surfguy17

    surfguy17 Notebook Geek

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    hey all. i have an 8920 and had to send it back to acer because of a defective hard drive. when i got the pc back i noticed that when i go to c:/users it shows the name as acer valued customer. is there anyway to change that name?
     
    surfguy17, Feb 22, 2010
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  2. ellalan

    ellalan Notebook Deity

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    Go to Control Panel,User Accounts and change user name.
     
    ellalan, Feb 22, 2010
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    surfguy17 Notebook Geek

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    all it says is account name and i've changed that but that acer valued customer still shows
     
    surfguy17, Feb 22, 2010
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  4. weinter

    weinter /dev/null

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    Create a New Account with your desired username, log in then
    Go to Control Panel >> System >> Advance System Settings >> Advance >>User Profile delete User Profile you don't want.
     
    weinter, Feb 22, 2010
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