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Change the My computer information - 2006/05/10 11:04 You can alter the way the My Computer text or baloon is shown.

works on
windows 2000
windows XP
windows 2003

Note: not on Default XP and windows 2003 desktops, you have to change it to classic desktop.

There are some options.

Copy the code into notepad and save it as a .reg file. You can merge it 2 ways or double click on the reg file or right click and choose merge.

Altering the registry is at own risk, make a backup first!!




option 1
change your My computer to username on computername



Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

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;This key changes the 'My Computer' text to '%USERNAME% on %COMPUTERNAME%'
;
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesCLSID{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}]
@="My Computer"
"LocalizedString"=hex(2): 25,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,4e,00,41,00,4d,00,45,00,25,00,20,00,6f,00,6e,00,20,00,25,00,43,00,4f,0 0,4d,00,50,00,55,00,54,00,45,00,52,0,4e,00,41,00,4d,00,45,00,25,00,00,00



option 2
change My Computer into username on computername on domainname



Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;
;This key changes the 'My Computer' text to '%USERNAME% on %COMPUTERNAME% in %USERDOMAIN%'
;

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesCLSID{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}]
@="My Computer"
"LocalizedString"=hex(2): 25,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,4e,00,41,00,4d,00,45,00,25,00,20,00,6f,00,6e,00,20,00,25,00,43,00,4f,0 0,4d,00,50,00,55,00,54,00,45,00,52,0,4e,00,41,00,4d,00,45,00,25,00,20,00,69,00,6e,00,20,00,25,00,55, 00,53,00,45,00,52,00,44,00,4f,00,4d,00,41,00,49,00,4e,00,25,00,00,00



option 3
change the inforbaloon my computer into username on computername



Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

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;This key changes the 'My Computer' tooltip to '%USERNAME% on %COMPUTERNAME%'
;

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesCLSID{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}]
@="My Computer"
"InfoTip"=hex(2): 25,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,4e,00,41,00,4d,00,45,00,25,00,20,00,6f,00,6e,00,20,00,25,00,43,00,4f,0 0,4d,00,50,00,55,00,54,00,45,00,52,0,4e,00,41,00,4d,00,45,00,25,00,00,00



option 4
change the baloon information to username on computername on domainname



Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;
;This key changes the 'My Computer' tooltip to '%USERNAME% on %COMPUTERNAME% in %USERDOMAIN%'
;

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesCLSID{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}]
@="My Computer"
"InfoTip"=hex(2): 25,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,4e,00,41,00,4d,00,45,00,25,00,20,00,6f,00,6e,00,20,00,25,00,43,00,4f,0 0,4d,00,50,00,55,00,54,00,45,00,52,0,4e,00,41,00,4d,00,45,00,25,00,20,00,69,00,6e,00,20,00,25,00,55, 00,53,00,45,00,52,00,44,00,4f,00,4d,00,41,00,49,00,4e,00,25,00,00,00



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