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Re: [LUG] Telephone call re my computer

 

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On 31/01/12 18:27, Julian Hall wrote:
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> A couple of my old customers may have tripped them up too.. Dell used to
> customise Windows and rename 'My Computer' to 'My Dell'.  'Double-click
> My Computer for me please..'  'I don't have that..'  'Do you have a
> Mac?'  'No.. Windows..' *head scratch before finally figuring it out*

It's possible to rename "My Computer" to just about anything, Including
doing variable expansion. A fairly common tweak is to make it
"%USERNAME% on %COMPUTERNAME"

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