how would i change the user name of windows. the default one, entered when installing windows. i dont want to create a user account so if any of your description involves "control panel> users" , its not gonna help me.

i believe its a registry entry correct? also a PWL file. i think thats all though right?

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
RegisteredOwner

Is that what you are looking for?

Bryan

start - run - regedit

hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windows\currentVersion

rightclick RegisteredOwner and choose Change
enter the desired text

Also, if you have any passwords setup in Windows, you'll want to delete any .PWL files on the computer. I believe this can be done from within Windows.

Go to Start>Find>Files & Folders. Type in *.pwl>click OK. Right-click any .PWL files found & select Delete.

If you're unable to delete them from within Windows, reboot to DOS & delete them there by typing Del C:\Windows\*.pwl.

HTH

Dave

Have you ever noticed that if you rearranged the letters in "mother in law", they come out to "Woman Hitler?"

thanks
btw what im trying to do is create an ADMINISTRATOR account based on what someone told me found here:

http://computing.net/windows2000/wwwboard/forum/59053.html

Windows 2000 administrator account on a Windows 98 machine?

not sure if this is what you're looking for or not:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1524575,00.asp

http://www.dougknox.com/utility/scripts_desc/chgownorg.htm

thank you for all the help however for all those interested i finally found the solution:

i only had the administrator account enabled, the guest account was disabled. apon enabling that, problem solved.