Solved Change "User" name

[Skootch]

How do I change a User name? When my system was set up the person put in a name that I don't go by. Would like to change it.
Thank you.

 

[overmyhead]

re: Change "User" name

Start, control panel, user accounts and family safety, user accounts

 

[Brink]

re: Change "User" name

Hello Skootch,

You can change just your user name for how it displays in Vista as OverMyHead described, but you cannot change the name of your C:\Users\(user-name) folder though. The only way to do this is to create a new administrator account with the name you wanted, then delete the old account from within the new one.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[overmyhead]

re: Change "User" name

Brink,

I am not sure but will this work? The folder redirection process fails on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows XP when you change the user name in Active Directory

 

[Brink]

re: Change "User" name

It's not quite the same thing though.

Once you have created the new administrator account, copy the contents of the old account's C:\Users\(user-name) folders into the corresponding new account's C:\Users\(user-name) folders to keep you old account settings. Afterward everything checks out ok in the new account, you can delete the old account from within the new account.

You will then have an account with the name you want, and have the C:\Users\(user-name) folder with the same name.

 

[bray:way]

re: Change "User" name

i agre with brink that will be the easier and fastest way to do it

braydon

 

[Skootch]

re: Change "User" name

Thanks a lot... I've transferred the stuff in the original folder to the new admin account. Have to use the new one for awhile to be sure everything is working before I can tell ya it all worked fine.

Appreciate all the helpful ideas from everyone...

 

[Brink]

You're welcome Skootch. I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted.

 

[Skootch]

Will let you know how it all turns out so that it might help someone else down the line...

Thanks again. Appreciate it.