Change User Name

[magicfly]

Hi guys!

i come with a preinstalled xp and i have as user name "user1" (not at logon screen, just as main user) so i wanted to change that..but how?

thanks fly to everyone

[Aaron]

Control Panel > User Accounts > Select user1 > select "Change my name"

[magicfly]

thanks aaron, but i meant to change completely the name of the user (administrator).

see here please

thanks again

[csaha]

If I understand it correctly you want to rename the administrator account right!

csaha

[magicfly]

yes right. but i don't know what to do

[ljones2]

Try this.

Start>Programs>Settings>Administrative Tools>Local Security Policy.

In the left pane, expand Local Policies, click on Security Options. In the right pane, double click Accounts:Rename the Administrator Account. (This should be 4th from the top of the list, if sorted by policy in ascending order.) Then enter the name you would like. Restart the computer and login with the new name.

Another method.

Search google and download a program called netuser.exe. Run the program from a cmd prompt.

netuser Administrator /name:newname

Let me know how it goes, there are other ways of doing this.

Later.

[FFA]

You can not rename administrator i meen, but you can make a account there have the same just like a administrator user i have try the same problem at once i couldent rename my administrator account but i make a new account there can the same just like a administrator but with a another name

[ljones2]

Yes you can rename it. It is renamed on my pc! If I try logging in as Administrator and the pass for the account, I get error. If I log in as the new name, it works.

[data0002]

I have the same prob on one of my p.c's changed the name for windows logon but how do i change the doc folder that goes with it

Thanks

Paul

Data0002

[Sie Tjin Kian]

to data0002

how do i change the doc folder that goes with it

hi,

open the registry editor with regedit

search all links to "documents and settings\administrator"

and replace with "documents an settings\"newname""

or choose a place of your favorite.

Don't forget to copy all files from the old location to the new location before you change the settings. And in this case, use another administrative account for making the changes.

Next time when you make a clean install use an entry in "hivesft.inf" inside the i386 folder. The entry for the profiles dir is called

"default_profiles_dir="Enter here the path of your choice"

have a nice time, Sie Tjin Kian

[Justice]

Rename the Administrator account to something you will remember, i.e. admin, Zadmin, god, or whatever floats your boat. Then rename the guest acount to administrator. Since the guest account is disabled by default, anybody trying to "hack" the administrator account will run into a very big dead end.

[data0002]

Thanks will give that a try

[Tadly]

Can't you just go to System Properties>Advanced tab click on Settings under User Profiles, select the name of the old administrator, click Copy To, and select the directory you would like to copy it to?

[<SparTacuS>]

I had some fun finding the netuser.exe mentioned above by ljones2- you can imagine some of the dodgy files that came up.

The real one can be found here http://www.jsiinc.com

Tip number 570 - it works a treat.

[Vadikan]

I wouldn't try renaming the built-in Administrator account, as there's no real need for it. Another account with admin rights can be used to perform the same tasks, and the Administrator account can be reserved for special cases. The most painless way to rename an account is to create another one, copy the profile from the old one to the new one, and then delete the old account.