Changing registered user in XP applications

[Bridgh20]

We have given a laptop to a new employee that was used by someone else in the company that is no longer employed. How do we change the default user name in applications such as word, excel, and the my documents folder in explorer?

 

[Franksta]

To change the company name displayed in the Office (XP) 2002 programs,
follow the steps

outlined in the following article:

290528 HOW TO: Change the Company Name and User Name in an Office XP Program
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=290528

IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry.
Before you

modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you
understand how to

restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back
up, restore,

and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the
article in the Microsoft

Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows registry
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;256986