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[Justice]

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.

renaming the admin and guest account is just a step to deter hackers in trying to guess the admin password.

[Vadikan]

renaming the admin and guest account is just a step to deter hackers in trying to guess the admin password.

Oh, I see now. A couple of thoughts come to my mind... Don't make your admin password easy to guess, and disable the guest account if possible. If a hacker have physical access to you PC, then there are lots of ways to obtain the password without guessing. I always assume that any protection can be broken, it's just a matter of time and resources.

Back to to the original question. I think my approach is still valid for renaming any account. Correct me if I'm wrong. I just don't like the idea of messing with the registry. I've seen people trying to do it that way, and the results not always were succesfull.