Changing Name in "Documents/Settings"

[Ext User(Aiden)]

New machine and new to XP - have noticed that the supplier of new m/c
has used our very distinctive surname to name the system folder under
Documents and Settings when installing XP Home.

Can we change this as it seems to be appearing in a lot of situations
- is it possible that this might be transmitted out onto the internet
via emails etc. or web surfing - will we get "personally addressed"
spam as a result?

Tried "rename" but of course it says it cannot be done as it is a
System folder"

Any advice much appreciated.

[Ext User(Shenan Stanley)]

Aiden wrote:
> New machine and new to XP - have noticed that the supplier of new m/c
> has used our very distinctive surname to name the system folder under
> Documents and Settings when installing XP Home.
>
> Can we change this as it seems to be appearing in a lot of situations
> - is it possible that this might be transmitted out onto the internet
> via emails etc. or web surfing - will we get "personally addressed"
> spam as a result?
>
> Tried "rename" but of course it says it cannot be done as it is a
> System folder"
>
> Any advice much appreciated.

"seems to be appearing in a lot of situations"...
Like?

You can add more users and start using them instead of the original..

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

[Ext User(Shenan Stanley)]

Aiden wrote:
> New machine and new to XP - have noticed that the supplier of new m/c
> has used our very distinctive surname to name the system folder under
> Documents and Settings when installing XP Home.
>
> Can we change this as it seems to be appearing in a lot of situations
> - is it possible that this might be transmitted out onto the internet
> via emails etc. or web surfing - will we get "personally addressed"
> spam as a result?
>
> Tried "rename" but of course it says it cannot be done as it is a
> System folder"
>
> Any advice much appreciated.

Shenan Stanley wrote:
> "seems to be appearing in a lot of situations"...
> Like?
>
> You can add more users and start using them instead of the original..

Oh - and if you have secured/maintained your system correctly - you will not
be sending anything "out to the Internet" unless you do it intentionally.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

[Ext User(Aiden)]

<snip>
>
>"seems to be appearing in a lot of situations"...
>Like?
>
>You can add more users and start using them instead of the original..
>
>--
>Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
For instance - the system seems to have named new DVD backup disk with
the folder name.

Thanks for the suggestion re: more users - understand that, but just
would like to be reasssured that this folder name is strictly for
local internal admin/system puposes only - and is not publishing
itself out there all over the place. We're still trying to learn the
basics and prefer not to add anymore "Users" until we understand more.

Paranoid AND dim! :-)

[Ext User(Aiden)]

<snip>
>
>Oh - and if you have secured/maintained your system correctly - you will not
>be sending anything "out to the Internet" unless you do it intentionally.
>
>--
>Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP

ZoneAlarm, Grisoft AVG and now Norton AND XP firewall - we are trying
our best.

Thanks for your reassurance - just a pity they didn't think of a title
more in context or is this normal to call it the customer's name?

[Ext User(Aiden)]

<snip>
>> MS-MVP
>
>ZoneAlarm, Grisoft AVG and now Norton AND XP firewall - we are trying
>our best.
>
>Thanks for your reassurance - just a pity they didn't think of a title
>more in context or is this normal to call it the customer's name?

As the systems new and clean, so not too cluttered up yet - if I
re-installed XP with the installation disk that came with it, will I
be able to rename it then - or has Microsoft now got this "written in
stone" from the first registration?

[Ext User(Aiden)]

<snip>

Thanks for all that Shenan, apart from anything else, it has helped
greatly in understanding the workings of the "User" profiles better.
Now it's up to me to make a decision as to what to do - if you don't
hear further, you'll know what's happened and we've gone over to MAC!!
:-}