Cannot Change Name and Organization After WinWord Setup

ID: Q78683

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SUMMARY

When you install Microsoft Word for Windows, the words entered for name and organization are written to the Setup disk for security purposes unless the Setup disk was write-protected before running the Setup program.

MORE INFORMATION

When installing Word for Windows, you are prompted to enter the name and organization the product is licensed to. The information is written to the Setup disk and cannot be edited or changed at a later date. This information displays as follows when you run the program, and when you choose About from the Help menu: 

   This copy of Microsoft Word is licensed to:

   Name
   Organization
The only way to avoid having this information written to the Setup disk is to write-protect the disk before running the Setup program. If you run Setup from write-protected disks, you receive the following error message: 

   System Error

   Write-protected disk in drive B:
Choose the Cancel button twice to continue with the Word for Windows Setup.

Word uses the information entered when setting up the program as the default name for the Author field when you choose Summary Info from the File menu. This information is editable and can be changed with the following steps:

1. From the Tools menu, choose Options.

2. Select User Info from the list of Categories.

3. Type the new information in the Name field.

4. Choose the OK button.

This procedure sets the Author field in the Summary Info dialog box; however, it does not change the licensee name.

For additional information, query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   modification and word20.inf and development and support

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Word for Windows User's Guide," version 2.0, page 735

"Microsoft Word for Windows Getting Started," version 2.0, page 8

KBCategory: KBSubcategory:

Additional query words: winword winword2 word6 2.0 2.0a 2.0b 2.0c 6.0c 2.0a-CD Registered User Licensed User Help About Microsoft Word 6.0 6.0a 

Keywords          : kbsetup
Version           : 2.0 2.0a 2.0a-CD 2.0b 2.0c
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: February 6, 1998