Re: User accounts - Not Shows Up in Window Explorer - showing as o

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Thank you.

So, Do I need to change the name of Owner Account to my name?

I did try to rename, but I couldn't as window warning popsup and saying "
Owner is a windows system folder and is required for windows to run properly.
It cannot be moved or renamed"


"Mikhail Zhilin" wrote:

> 1. When you create a new account -- that does not create a folder until
> you log in this specific account for the first time. The same for the
> 'Administrator' account.
>
> 2. When you rename account (say, from Owner to YourName) -- user's
> folder does not change its name, i.e. remains as "D:\Documents and
> Settings\Owner" in your case.
>
> 3. 'Administrator' account is the separate user's account, and has
> nothing with the administrative privileges of the other accounts
> (users).
>
> There can be several Computer Administrators with the different names --
> but only user with the name 'Administrator' will use "D:\Documents and
> Settings\Administrator" folder.
>
> --
> Mikhail Zhilin
> MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
> http://www.aha.ru/~mwz
> Sorry, no technical support by e-mail.
> Please reply to the newsgroups only.
> ======
> On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 19:11:02 -0700, "Samshun"
> <Samshun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >User accounts - I did setup user accounts on a new computer of XP home
> >edition, Which had already had Owner as a user. I did set up one
> >administrater account and three other limited user accounts.
> >
> >On My windows explorer under c:\documents and settings, I did find an
> >accounts for Owner, Default User, All user (Under this none of other
> >accounts), and one of the Limited user account. I did not find My account
> >(Administrator Account) and other two limited user accounts. I do Log In
> >windows using my accounts.
> >
> >Questions:
> >Why My name is not there? I can see all of the contents of my accounts is
> >under Owner Accounts, Can I or How to change the name? Where is other user
> >accounts which shows up in the desktop in the windows explore
>
>
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