Change administrator name to "Administrator"

I have Vista and I accidentally put my name in as the administrator when I
setup my laptop, for work purposes it's supposed to be named "Administrator".
I try to change it but I get a message "The specified account name is not
valid, because there is already an account with that name. Please try a
different name". Is there a way to change it? Any help is greatly appreciated
because I don't want to reinstall.

Thanks!!

Hi RainAngel,

You cannot name a user account Administrator with a capitol A. It is reserved for the hidden built-in Administrator account. You can use a short "Admin" version of it, or what you did with a lower case a.

This will show you how to enable the built-in Administrator account if you must have a user account with that name.

Administrator Account

Hope this helps you,
Shawn

I was able to change the name to admin, but cannot change it to
"administrator", unfortunately our business uses "administrator" as the local
adminstrator account. Is there any way around this? I appreciate all your
help!!

"Brink" wrote:

The only way that I can see for you to have that exact name is to enable the built-in Administrator account. It has the name "Administrator" by default.

Shawn

When I started the computer I choose my name as the administrator. When I go
into users I only see my name and guest. I tried to create a new user with
the name administrator but it gave me the same message as before (that name
already exists). How do I find the Administrator account? I would like to
change the password for it. Thanks for your help!

RainyAngel,

You do not want to create another user account through "User Accounts" in the Control Panel. It will not work for this. Instead, use the instructions here:

Administrator Account

This will enable the built-in "Administrator" account for you to use instead.

Shawn

I have Vista ultimate...