I am a long time Mac fan that has been watching in awe as the SP3 v Macbook Air commercials drew me in.
So I paid a visit to the Paramus, NJ Garden State Plaza Microsoft store yesterday. After playing with the i5 128 device for a while I decided to purchase it with the $450 bundle deal which included the keyboard, case, two year warranty and a few lessons.
Being in sales for my entire career, I should have known right form the start the sales girl had no clue how to troubleshoot. Yes, she had the basic talking points and "basic" setup; but, when she ran into issues setting up my device, she asked another clueless associate to help.
For some reason the both of them could not get my MS account to register, She installed a new version of Office 365 which came with the bundle using my MS account but could not register it on my SP3. Her colleague decide to create a "local" account; but used his name. We eventually got the unit registered in my name with my MS account; but, now every time I want to save a file locally to documents, it says users/john/documents. My name is not John.
How can I change the local name to my name? I've tried all settings but have a feeling it is a system reinstall. Help.
I really like the SP3 so far. I can see it easily replacing my Air as I learn how to power use it.
Pete
So I paid a visit to the Paramus, NJ Garden State Plaza Microsoft store yesterday. After playing with the i5 128 device for a while I decided to purchase it with the $450 bundle deal which included the keyboard, case, two year warranty and a few lessons.
Being in sales for my entire career, I should have known right form the start the sales girl had no clue how to troubleshoot. Yes, she had the basic talking points and "basic" setup; but, when she ran into issues setting up my device, she asked another clueless associate to help.
For some reason the both of them could not get my MS account to register, She installed a new version of Office 365 which came with the bundle using my MS account but could not register it on my SP3. Her colleague decide to create a "local" account; but used his name. We eventually got the unit registered in my name with my MS account; but, now every time I want to save a file locally to documents, it says users/john/documents. My name is not John.
How can I change the local name to my name? I've tried all settings but have a feeling it is a system reinstall. Help.
I really like the SP3 so far. I can see it easily replacing my Air as I learn how to power use it.
Pete
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