Need Windows XP Help...please.

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How do you change the name of the primary account/administrator?

I changed it in the user accounts, but that doesn't actually change the name.


Thanks.

[-megalithanod]

Well, administrator is usually an account that is there, and shouldn't be deleted.

As for the primary account, I am not sure what you mean.

I know in the past if you only had one account, it would log you straight in if you didn't have a netowrk service setup, and force you to select if you have more than one user on the system. A recent security patch has disallowed that option and even if you have one user on the system, you still have to select from the list at startup.

Is that what you mean?

If not - dig a little deeper into the description of what you are asking, please

[0193081]

Sorry, I'll try to explain.

I just had my computer serviced, and Windows was re-installed. At the place I got it done, my brother's name was in their system under our last name, so they put his name as the user.

I changed the name in the User Profiles, but deep down in the system (I know, very technical [img]tongue.gif[/img] ), his name is still there.

Just wondering if there is any way to change that.

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OK, upon further inspection, the only issue is that the user folder in 'Documents and Settings' is still under the old username. Everything else changed, but not this? [img]confused.gif[/img]