Re: Re: Re: CHANGING ACCOUNT NAME?

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"Jethro" <Wilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:25:16 GMT, Jethro <Wilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 14:22:27 -0800, "Rock" <Rock@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Jethro" <Wilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

I am re-working a friend's machine and his one account (with
administrator privileges) has a crazy name I want to change.
Can I? How?

The name is John Doe.JOHN-34CE1ED994 and I want to change it to John
Doe. It shows up under Documents and Settings of course.

I thought I could create a new user account, say JD, temporarily, then
copy all of what's under John Doe.JOHN-34CE1ED994 to it, then delete
John Doe.JOHN-34CE1ED994, then rename JD to JOHN DOE. But I couldn't
figure out how to do it. In fact, I couldn't even find the account JD
that I created to do the copy. So I removed user JD.

Though the account name can be changed you can't rename the folder for that
account. Create a new account with the name you want, log into it at least
once, copy the data/settings from the old to the new, then when things are
working delete the old.

HOW TO Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=279783

How to Copy a User Profile
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_logon.htm


Thanks guys. I'll give it a go again and let ya know. Tomorrow
likely.

Jethro

Okay - I took another stab.

1) I created a user 'JD' as administrator.
2) At this point I have three users: John Doe, JD, and Guest - Guest
is 'turned off'.
3) I shut down.
4) I booted up and selected user JD.
5) I got a virgin XP screen. I expected that.
6) I went to Windows Explorer and did a manual copy of all the
folders/files under c:\Documents and Settings\JohnDoe.JOHN-34CE1ED994
to c:\Documents and Settings\JD.
7) At this point I have all the desktop icons that I had earlier under
John Doe. Even the task bar looks good.
8) I feel it is likely that if I could just copy what I will call the
'settings' of John Doe to JD - that my desktop screen would look
identical to that of John Doe, and I would be in good shape to then
remove John Doe - keeping JD. Right?
9) I think I could manually re-do all the 'settings' to re-create John
Doe's background, icon sizes, etc in JD, but a copy would sure be
easier.

So how do I copy those 'settings'? Maybe Kelly says how - but I don't
see it. Doesn't mean it isn't there I guess.

Sorry to be a pest - Learning can be difficult sometimes. At least
when you are a senior citizen, as I am.

Thanks

Jethro


From the link I gave you.

"Copy a User Profile:

Open System in Control Panel. On the User Profiles tab, and under Profiles stored on this computer, click the user profile you want to copy, and then click Copy To.

In the Copy To dialog box, under Copy profile to, type the location for the new profile, or click Browse to select the path.
Click Change to open the Choose User dialog box, click a new user from the Names list, and then click Add. The new user name will appear in Add Name. Click OK to add the user as a new user profile on your computer.

Note: You must be logged on as an administrator to the local computer to copy user profiles. To open a Control Panel item, click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click the appropriate icon.

Note 2: You cannot copy the account you are currently logged in on. You must log into another account.

Note 3: If you create a new account, you must logon once before you copy another account over top of it. Windows creates the user profile at logon, not at account creation, and it will not use the copy you created before that first logon, it will create a user.COMPUTERNAME folder instead.

Note 4: To resolve this issue, verify that the user account is not logged on before you try to copy its profile. If you are currently logged on as this user, log off, log on again by using a different user account, and then copy the profile. If
you are not logged on as the user account that you are trying to copy, that account may be logged on in a different session (using Fast User Switching).

To force that account to be logged off, start Task Manager, click the Users tab, click the user account, and then click Logoff.




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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

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