Re: Changing folder name in "Douments&Settings"

Hi,

You would have to do a clean installation. A user profile folder under D&S
is permanently named, though you can rename the account itself. As long as
that account is used, you would not be able to rename or remove it. A
simpler solution would be to create a new user and copy the data into it,
then disable and remove the surname user account.

How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811151

Note that one step not listed in the article is that after creating the
destination profile you must log into it once first to create the necessary
file structure before you do the copy procedure.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Aiden" <aiden54@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> <snip>
>>Leave it alone.
>>The only information pushed to the internet on a well
>>configured/maintained
>>and immunized PC is what you push out yourself.
>>
>>--
>>Shenan Stanley
>> MS-MVP
>>--
>>How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
>>http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> ... take your point, but.....
>
> ...as the system's new and clean, so not too cluttered up yet - if I
> re-installed XP with the installation disk that came with it, will I
> be able to rename it then - or has Microsoft now got this "written in
> stone" from the first registration?
>
>
>


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