User account name

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Bob

Can anyone tell me if you can change the user name
assigned by windows. For some reason my user name is
ralyea.dell and it can't be deleted because windows will
not allow it.

Thanks

Bob
 
You cannot change the name of the user's folder. You can create a new
account with the name you want the folder to have, then copy the old user
account to the new one.

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.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811151
How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile
 
Thanks Doug for taking the time to ans my question.
Worked just as you stated.

Thanks again

Bob
 
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