Change label

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I've just installed Start8 on my wife's new Toshiba laptop running Windows 8. It's a wonderful piece of software, but with this (my second) installation I have one small (aesthetic) problem.

The label on the  top entry on the right-hand menu is susan_000. That's the name of her directory in C:\Users and seems to scattered about many places in her computer. I'd like a better label on the Start8 menu. I've changed the label  on the desktop, but that doesn't seem to affect the menu label. Is there any way to change the menu label?

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Try setting the display account name using Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management. Under Local Users and Groups select Users. In the right-side pane you should see an entry for susan_000. Double-click to edit and set Full Name to the name you want displayed.

Cheers,
Brett

 

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

This might be part of the problem. That's not a Window's 8.1 Control Panel you're using.

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Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Hmmm, in Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management, I have:

   System Tools

   Storage

   Services and Applications

I started opening these folders and their sub-folders looking for "Local User and Groups". There are hundreds of folders and sub-folders, so after a while I gave up and resorted to a Registry scan, my usual solution to such puzzles. There I found "Local Users and Groups" to be a snap in to the Microsoft Management Console, a feature about which I had long ago forgotten. The Console I mean, otherwise known as MMC.

I found and checked my MMC and I don't have "Local Users and Groups" snapped in. I finally gave the project up, as I was getting sleepy and had already discovered the solution.

You change it in your Microsoft account on line. It's called "Display Name". I changed it there and it trickled down to my machine.

I can only wonder why two different installations of 8.1 have different control panels.

Perhaps Microsoft has implemented a "Which Coast" switch as a first phase of their upcoming GPS feature. This feature, due in Windows 10 (which will also be known as Windows Galaxy Control) , will enable them to relocate users to balance internet traffic. It seems there is far to much traffic going to Maryland and California. Moving users to New Mexico and North Dakota should balance things out nicely.

;)

By the way, you guys do really nice work. Nice products overall.

I cut my teeth on IBM Series 500's, and was also was once deeply involved in OS/2, with the same result as happened to you. Right now my project is discovering how to permanently disable that annoying Narrator in 8.1 There has to be a Registry key somewhere...

Charley

 

    

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

A registry key is not needed. Go to Control Panel/Ease of Access/Use the computer without Display and turn off the Narrator.

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

I know that.

He keeps getting re-enabled by some mysterious keyboard shortcut that I keep hitting when I'm trying to type. I found a program, Narrator.exe and renamed it. That did the job until Microsoft Update put it back. I then wrote a little program that looks for C:\Windows\System32\Narrator.exe. If found, it renames the program to "Disabled.Narrator.exe". I put a registry key in HKEY_CURRENT_USER.Software.Microsoft.Windows.CurrentVersion.Run. That way, if Update clobbers me, I can clobber back when the machine restarts after the update.

I wish I could disable the keyboard shortcuts I don't want, keeping the ones I do want. I type like a club footed elephant and I'm constantly being surprised by things that happen unexpectedly while I'm typing. That might be a spiffy application for Stardock to implement. You'd just have to hook the keyboard interrupt and filter the traffic. That, and a setup screen would do the trick. Just a "couple days work" for a good developer. I'd gladly pay $5.95 for a copy (three devices).

By the way, the release of Windows 10 is time to coincide with the election of Steve Ballmer as President (of the United States). This will be a last ditch effort to deal with the growing problem posed by the New Soviet Union. Steve and I we were once on a first name basis. His addressed me as "Goddammit Moses", Goddammit for short. Everybody knew who he was talking to. I called him "Sir", mostly "Yes Sir". Steve was one of the early employees at Microsoft. He rose to be the CEO. There's a book, Bad Boy Ballmer: The Man Who Rules Microsoft. It's an unauthorized biography. It should be sub-titled Stop Blaming Bill. Read it and you'll understand why I think he could handle the President's job.

Steve's said to be worth something like $17 Billion. 333 million shares of Microsoft. Who says hard work doesn't pay off.