Policy

Use local user name and initials values regardless of signed-in user

This policy setting controls whether Office uses the user name and initials of the user currently signed-in, or the user name and initials that are specified in the Options dialog box. If you enable this policy setting, regardless of any user currently signed-in, Office uses the user name and initials specified in the Options dialog box. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Office uses the user name and initials from the information provided by the user that is currently signed-in.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Office
Category Microsoft Office 2016 / Miscellaneous
Policy ID 5bf6a6748e70
Internal name L_UseLocalUserInfo

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\common\userinfo\uselocal (enabled) = 1
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\common\userinfo\uselocal (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting controls whether Office uses the user name and initials of the user currently signed-in, or the user name and initials that are specified in the Options dialog box. If you enable this policy setting, regardless of any user currently signed-in, Office uses the user name and initials specified in the Options dialog box. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Office uses the user name and initials from the information provided by the user that is currently signed-in.

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