Hi, yes I will do this. I think I saw MS Office 97 for a very low price also. And I do have a copy of Belarc Advisor as well as Aida. Thanks so much! Sylvia ----- Original Message ----- From: <Foxhillers@xxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 5:13 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Word 97 question Sylvia If you need options, go ebay shopping and look for Star/Open Office. This can also be downloaded free BUT, look for several hours download time. Lotus is available there too both go for less than $20.00. Be sure you know how much RAM his system has. Goto emachines.com and download the specifications for this system OR run Belarc Advisor which will produce a report of all parts of the system. Old does not mean useless...... mjh In a message dated 3/5/03 6:53:44 PM Eastern Standard Time, sylviam@xxxxxxxx writes: > Thanks to Tori, Foxhillers, for all the information and suggestions. I have > gone to Word 97>Tools>Options>User Information. Changed the User Name > there, clicked OK. Rebooted. The former owner's name is still there. > Perhaps I will have to change it in the registry or un-install and > re-install. Oops! Can't reinstall...no discs. > > The system is running W98, I suspect it was upgraded from W95 and it is an > eMachine if that helps. It has a 2.97Gig HD drive, of which 1.92G is free. > And an AMD K-6 3D Processor. When I go to System Properties, the user name > of the computer has changed, but I did that in the registry. > > Getting the donator's written acknowledgement that he has a right to this > machine is a "must do" for sure! However, the former owner claims the > software that went with this machine was taken/stolen when it was left at a > local center for pickup. So we can't get that. That's why I was hoping I > could change it by editing. Of course it will still run so maybe we will > just have to live with it. > > Thanks so much for the help! > > USA-Sylvia > To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk