Mercurial error: abort no username supplied

Question

Problem on WindowsXP (likely will happen on all Win installs), first time using Mercurial. I found the answer in an inobvious place so I\'m asking/answering the question myself

Answer 1

Configure you .hgrc like this:

[ui]
username = your name 
verbose = True

NOTE!! Do not leave out the [ui] part