This is of great help in many situations:

1. While supporting users remotely and they have not got access to properties of My Computer.

2. Asset tagging has not been carried out in your organisation.

3. Asset tagging has been done but users make mistakes reading the asset tags.

4. Asset tags are not stickered in the right location easily accessible for users to read.

5. Please comment on this blog any other reasons you have used it for specefically.

Always create a back-up prior to any attempt at editing your registry. The back-up allows you to restore your registry to its original settings should you have any problems.

　

To personalize your My Computer icon:

1. Click Start. Go to Run. Enter regedit.

2. Look for HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT. You can find this on the left side of the box.

3. Expand the folder by clicking on the little cross on the left side.

4. Next, go to the CLSID folder.

5. Look for {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}. Be extremely careful with this step, as working with long strings of letters and numbers can sometimes lead to mistakes.

Note: Now if this is Windows 7 "Take Ownership" of this key as you will not be able to make any changes even when logged in as administrator.

6. Now look at the right hand side of the box. You should find LocalizedString, a expandable string value.

7. Rename LocalizedString to LocalizedString.old. You can do this by right clicking on LocalizedString and selecting Rename.

Note: You can also edit the key if you have exported this key correctly before Step 1. If you decide not to rename & directly edit the value skip step 8.

8. You will now need to create a new LocalizedString Value Name.

Right click on the right hand pane of the box.

Select New and then select Expandable String Value.

Rename the value to LocalizedString.

9. Double click on LocalizedString. A new box will pop up. Enter %USERNAME% on %COMPUTERNAME% in Value Data. The values will be populated dynamically using system variables for anyon on that computer.

Note: That USERNAME ( logged in user ) and COMPUERNAME (actual hostname of the computer) you  may wish to enter some other text.

10. Exit registry and reboot.

Enjoy !!!


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