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setup glitch
Hello,
I've just today gotten my Dell Inspiron finally in operational order (long story, see (Dell Inspiron) No bootable device for most of it).
So now I'm on hard drive #3 for a 5-month-old computer. A week ago, when I got my computer back from a Dell repair center with hard drive #2 freshly installed and I went through the initial setup, on the first screen - where you choose your computer name and user name - it flashed by after I'd only clicked on a letter or two. I thought it was my own clumsy fingers, so when I began setup of hard drive #3 this afternoon, shortly after a Dell tech replaced my hard drive on my turf, I was very focused and careful to type deliberate keys. HOWEVER, after entering just ONE letter, the setup flashed not only past screen #1, but also past screen #2 (password selection). Now, this has to be a glitch with the keyboard or something, because no way did I screw this up twice!
Anyway, I was able to back up to screen #2, but screen #1 was no longer accessible. This leaves me with a computer that shows up on the network as "R".
I've gone into user accounts and changed the account name, but when I want to access user files like AppData, they still show up as R. Is there a way to fix this?
I'm not afraid of the registry, so if that's what it takes, I just need a little guidance.