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by barrycoleman

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Just bought new computer and had new Windows XP Pro installed. My first name is Barry, but installer made error and entered it as Larry. This bug's me and I have tried to correct the situation. Successfully changed computer name from "Larry-####" to "BARRY-OFFICE". Have used JV16 Power Tools Registry Find & Replace tool to make changes. Ran first Larry > Barry and then LARRY to BARRY. Result is that in Documents and Settings there are now 2 folders, one "Larry" and the other "Larry.BARRY-OFFICE". Is there any way, short of a total re-instal of Windows, to resolve this situation so that ALL references to "Larry" are removed from the system and registers, leaving only the reference to "Barry" and/or "BARRY-OFFICE" ?

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by naughtymonkey

as Administrator and delete Larry, Barry, and all non-Administrator profiles and folders. Then create your user again.

by oh smeg

You will need to backup any data on the unit so that you don't loose it.

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