change account name

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how do i change a name on my customized account. we have
one for each person in the family, however my son has the
original with all the icons. i need that to be mine.
 
You can change the name of the User Account through Control Panel > User Accounts applet. This just changes the user name and not teh name of the Userprofile homepath [C:\Documents and settings\username]. The folder name will not be changed still.

Workaround:
1) Create a new account
2) Logon to that account to create and initialize the profile
3) Logon to an admin account that isn't the account being copied to or from
4) Open the System control panel
5) Click the Advanced tab
6) Click Settings under User Profiles
7) Select a profile to copy from [Your son's profile]
8) Click Copy To
9) Type or browse to the profile to copy to (C:\Documents and Settings\user)

You may delete your old user account if you wish [backup the files first]

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