How to change the company name and user name in the About <program name> window after you install Office 2000 (233499)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel 2000
  • Microsoft Outlook 2000
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
  • Microsoft Word 2000
  • Microsoft Office 2000 Premium
  • Microsoft Office 2000 Professoinal
  • Microsoft Office 2000 Standard
  • Microsoft Office 2000 Small Business
  • Microsoft Office 2000 Developer
  • Microsoft Access 2000
  • Microsoft FrontPage 2000
This article was previously published under Q233499
For a Microsoft Office XP version of this article, see 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

SUMMARY

In earlier versions of Office, if you want to change the company name displayed in the Office splash screens and About program name on the Help menu (where program name is the program you are using), you uninstall Office, run Setup again, and enter a new company name. In Office 2000, to change the name of the company, you modify the Windows registry.

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To change the company name displayed in the Office programs, follow these steps:
  1. Click Start, and then click Run.
  2. In the Open box, type regedit and click OK.
  3. Locate and select the following key for the appropriate operating system.
    • In Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me), Microsoft Windows NT, and Microsoft Windows 2000, select

      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\GUID

      where GUID is the Product Code for the version of Office that is installed, for example, {00000409-78E1-11D2-B60F-006097C998E7}.

      More than one GUID may be listed under the Uninstall subkey. If more than one GUID is listed, select each GUID until you find the one that has the correct product name listed for the DisplayName value, for example, "Microsoft Office 2000 Premium."
    • In Microsoft Windows XP, select

      HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Userdata\SID\Products\GUID\InstallProperties

      where SID is related to the logged-on user, and where GUID is the Product Code for the version of Office that is installed, for example, {00000409-78E1-11D2-B60F-006097C998E7}.

      More than one GUID may be listed under the InstallProperties subkey. If more than one is listed, select each GUID until you find the one that has the correct product name listed for the DisplayName value, for example, "Microsoft Office XP Premium."
  4. If the RegCompany name entry exists in the Name column, proceed to step 7.
  5. On the Edit menu, click New, and then click String Value.
  6. Type RegCompany and then press ENTER.
  7. In the Name column, double-click RegCompany.
  8. Change the text in the Value data box, and then click OK.
  9. Locate and select the following key:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Common\UserInfo

  10. On the Edit menu, click Rename.
  11. Type OldUserInfo and then press ENTER.
  12. Locate and select the following key:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Word\Data

  13. In the left pane, right-click Data, and then click Delete. Click Yes to confirm the deletion of the key. This deletes the company name for all new Word documents.
  14. On the Registry menu, click Exit. When you start an Office program, the company name that is displayed reflects the change that you made in step 8.

To Change the User Name Information

You can change the user name information in Microsoft Excel 2000, Microsoft PowerPoint 2000, and Microsoft Word 2000. You only have to change the user name in one of the programs to change it for the other Office 2000 programs. To change the user name information, follow these steps:

Excel 2000
  1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
  2. Click the General tab.
  3. Type the user name information in the User Name box.
  4. Click OK.
PowerPoint 2000
  1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
  2. Click the General tab.
  3. Type the user name information in the Name box.
  4. Click OK.
Word 2000
  1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
  2. Click the User Information tab.
  3. Type the user name information in the Name box.
  4. Click OK.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:10/13/2006
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