Used the name of the computer changes C: drive

I was given a used computer which has XP is installed with Microsoft Office. When I download programs, it reads the previous owners data and apply it to me. I need to change the name, profiles and registry information for me. How to do that on the C: drive. Do I have to re-download Windows XP and save it for me? They do not all software programs. Thank you!

Sunday, October 10, 2010, 23:37:20 + 0000, smileyeyes wrote:

I was given a used computer which has XP is installed with Microsoft Office. When I download programs, it reads the previous owners data and apply it to me. I need to change the name, profiles and registry information for me. How to do that on the C: drive. Do I have to re-download Windows XP and save it for me? They do not all software programs. Thank you!

If I bought a used computer, no matter who previously owned, the first thing I have with it would be to reinstall the operating system itself. You don't know how the computer has been maintained,
which has been improperly installed, what's missing, what virus and
There may be spyware, etc. I would not live with someone of another errors and problems, possibility of kiddy p0rn, etc, and I would not recommend anyone else to do.
If you reinstall Windows properly, you are playing with fire.

Ken Blake (MS-MVP)

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