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displaying who is logged on (W2K Pro)

I have a number of people who can use my PC. Each one has their own log-on password and profiles.

I would very much like to display on the desktop (at about desktop icon size) the log-on name of the person who is currently logged on, (maybe as the title of an icon?).

If it is possible to make this common to all users and impossible to remove (easily) from the desktop that would be even better.

Any ideas would be great.

Tiny :)

schmiegu

I don't remember the registry key, but it is possible to change the name for My Computer to eg. the logonname of a user by changing the datatype from REG_SZ to REG_EXPAND_SZ and assigning it %username% (at least it was possible in NT4).
I'm not sure, but it may be HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} and beneath this key the (Default) value.

Maybe someone else remembers the exact location.

JconleyMCSE

I use a program called Tweaki to perform this. It allows you to display the user and computer name under the "My Computer" icon (i.e. Bob on Workstation1). I believe you can download a copy at CNet. I think TweakUI will do this too. Hope that helps.

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schmiegu:

Thanks for the info. I couldn't find a way in regedt32 of renaming the string. But I did manage to achieve it by adding a new value and deleting the old.