02 Mar 2004, 14:17, Gord Hannah (1:17/23.1), wrote to All:

Hi Gord.

 GH> I need to edit some of the so called hard coded stuff in Windows 
 GH> 98, you install and put your name in then your occupation I need 
 GH> to change some of the info in this file which one is it and what 
 GH> do I need to use to edit it?
 GH> The same would apply to Msword.  I think.

 GH> Any takers I know this has been asked before and I know that It 
 GH> has been answered, I even did it once but cannot remember, which 
 GH> file or what I used.

First write down the exact words you want to change, upper case, lower case, etc.  

Then go to , , type in REGEDIT, hit . 
When it opens, click on the EDIT button at the top, use CTRL+F to find
[search], then type in the exact word or phrase you want to replace. 
Follow the screens from there.  Change ONLY what you want and understand,
don't mess with the other oddball looking stuff!  Be sure to hit F3 until
you are sure there are no more 'duplicates' of what you want to change.

I'm pretty sure MS Word uses the registry also, so it would be wise to
write down the words or phrases for Word also so you can search for those
at the same time without having to go back into it again.

The registry files are Hidden System files, named System.dat, and User.dat
both directly under Windows.  As always, it is a good idea to make a copy
of those BEFORE editing in case something goes wrong.


     Good luck...  M.

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