GPO for changing Text of "My Computer"

Hi,
Is there any way to change the text of "My computer" in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 using a GPO?
In the past I changed the text of "My computer" on our domain computers with a statup script. This script change HKCR\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\ Value LocalizedString to "%username% on %computername%" and worked well with Windows XP and
Windows Server 2003.
Now on Windows 2008 and Windows 7 this key is restricted.
Read for
System
Administrators
Users
Full access for
TrustedInstallaer
So my statup script does not work, because it acts as system account.
Bye
Georg

Hi,
Please expend Computer Configuration or User Configuration and navigate to Preferences\Windows Settings\Registry to modify the value of HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\LocalizedString
to "%username% on %computername%".
Does it work?
For more information, please refer to the following articles:
Registry Extension
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771589.aspx
Change the Name of a Windows 7 Computer with LocalizedString Registry Tweak
http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/windows7/windows7_computer_name_localizedstring.htm
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