* From: Robert Peaslee
* To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
* Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 17:19:18 -0400
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Thrall, Bryan wrote:
>Yes, WinXP stores your username twice ("Full name" and "User Name") and
>Cygwin uses the "hidden" one ("User Name"), but I
On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 10:49:36PM -, Thorsten Kampe wrote:
>* Robert Peaslee (Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:52:40 -0400)
>> Actually, this information is incorrect.
>>
>> Windows XP stores the first username you choose and will associate your
>> current username to it regardless of what you change it
* Robert Peaslee (Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:52:40 -0400)
> Actually, this information is incorrect.
>
> Windows XP stores the first username you choose and will associate your
> current username to it regardless of what you change it to. Cygwin
> stores nothing, it is asking Windows what your username
Thrall, Bryan wrote:
Yes, WinXP stores your username twice ("Full name" and "User Name") and
Cygwin uses the "hidden" one ("User Name"), but I'm pretty sure you
don't have to reinstall XP to change it!
IIRC, you can change the username from Control Panel->User
Accounts->Advanced tab->Advanced bu
Robert Peaslee wrote on Friday, March 16, 2007 3:53 PM:
> Windows XP stores the first username you choose and will associate
> your current username to it regardless of what you change it to.
> Cygwin stores nothing, it is asking Windows what your username is and
> getting a response of what Window
Keith Mitchell wrote:
Problem: Virgin Installs of CygWin on Windows XP work fine but a total
purge (deletion of all CygWin files and directories) and a fresh
reinstall with different set of usernames do not work properly, i.e.,
usernames that have been CHANGED using the XP user manager to new
Keith Mitchell wrote:
Problem: Virgin Installs of CygWin on Windows XP work fine but a total
purge (deletion of all CygWin files and directories) and a fresh
reinstall with different set of usernames do not work properly, i.e.,
usernames that have been CHANGED using the XP user manager to new
On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 04:19:35PM -0400, Keith Mitchell wrote:
>Problem: Virgin Installs of CygWin on Windows XP work fine but a total
>purge (deletion of all CygWin files and directories) and a fresh
>reinstall with different set of usernames do not work properly, i.e.,
>usernames that have be
Problem: Virgin Installs of CygWin on Windows XP work fine but a total
purge (deletion of all CygWin files and directories) and a fresh
reinstall with different set of usernames do not work properly, i.e.,
usernames that have been CHANGED using the XP user manager to new
usernames. This problem
On Wed, 14 Mar 2007, Keith Mitchell wrote:
> In am running Windows XP SP2. I was having trouble with applications
> running under CygWin because I originally had spaces in my user names. I
> changed all the user names on my system, eliminating all the spaces in
> the user names. I then rebooted th
Keith Mitchell wrote:
In am running Windows XP SP2. I was having trouble with applications
running under CygWin because I originally had spaces in my user names. I
changed all the user names on my system, eliminating all the spaces in
the user names. I then rebooted the computer just in case. N
In am running Windows XP SP2. I was having trouble with applications
running under CygWin because I originally had spaces in my user names. I
changed all the user names on my system, eliminating all the spaces in
the user names. I then rebooted the computer just in case. Nothing
changed. I then
; From: andrew brian clegg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 10:17 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: Igor Pechtchanski
> Subject: Re: User names with spaces
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> On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
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> > > However I'
On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > However I'd like to just change the name of the old account using XP Pro's
> > facilities for doing so, so I can keep all of my old settings etc., and
> > just rename my cygwin home dir to match. Has anyone tried this? I don't
> > want to mess ev
On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, andrew brian clegg wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> My username on one of my machines has had a space in it since long before
> I started using cygwin on it. I've run into one or problems because of
> this now, so for the time being I've set up another account with a
> different name
Hi folks,
My username on one of my machines has had a space in it since long before
I started using cygwin on it. I've run into one or problems because of
this now, so for the time being I've set up another account with a
different name with no space.
However I'd like to just change the name
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