changing the user name in XP Home

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How can you change the user name in XP Home?

There is no Domain and changing it via Control Panel>User Accounts only
appears to change the display name not the actual login name
 
The easiest way is to create a new account and copy the data from old to new
account:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811151/
You most log in to the new account at least once so the necessary files are
created before you attempt to copy data from the old account.
The old account can be safely deleted from User Accounts in Control Panel
once you are sure all is OK.
 
....oh yeah, and be absolutely sure the 'old' account did not have *ANY8 file
encrypted on the system.
If it had, be absolutely sure to decrypt those files *BEFORE* deleting the
'old' account, otherwise access to those files will be lost FOREVER, again
if you choose to go the: "create new account"-route.

george
 
Thanks for all the replies, I was hoping for an easier solution, as this
appreared to be the only solution. Thanks for the reminder on the encrypted
files.

Cheers
 
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