When you want to install specific software from http://downloads.cc.dtu.dk the local username of your machine must match your DTU login.
If you need to change your account name in Windows 7/8/10 follow the instructions below:
Windows 7
- Click "Start" button and then "Control Panel"
- Click "User Accounts and Management Safety" and then "User Accounts"
- Click "Change your Account Name". Type your new computer name and click "Change Name"
Alternatively, visit Microsoft homepage
Windows 8
- Click "Start" button and then "Control Panel"
- Click to open Control Panel’s "User Accounts and Family Safety category"
- Click "User Accounts" link and then click "Change the account name".
Alternatively, visit Microsoft homepage
Windows 10
- Press Windows+X and select Control Panel.
- Select User Accounts
- Under Make changes to user account, click on "Change your account name"
If you have logged on using a Microsoft (Hotmail or outlook) account then the above does not work and you would need to change your Microsoft account. Instead you can run:
- Windows+R, enter lusrmgr.msc
- Open Users from left menu
- Right mouse click on your account and select Rename
Alternatively you can create a new local account and run the applications using the "runas" command.
To run Comsol on Windows 10 as a user that matches your DTU student ID:
Create a Windows shortcut with the following Target (all one line):
C:\Windows\System32\runas.exe /user:sxxxxxx /savecred
"C:\Program Files\COMSOL\COMSOL52\Multiphysics\bin\win64\comsol.exe"
In all cases logout and in again for the changes to take effect. To check the Windows user name run the following in a Windows Command prompt:
echo %USERNAME%