WinXP - Renaming a User Logon?

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Here's the situation....

You have a user with a name-logon, example *jthomas* = Jane Thomas.

She gets married and insists you change her logon to *janderson* =
Jane Anderson (married name) on the same desktop.

What is the *simplest* way to do that? (step-by-step where possible)

That means changing her logon AND keeping her Profile (Documents and
Settings) the SAME. That is, under *Documents and Settings* change
"jthomas" profile to "janderson" profile.



The suggested method I found on a Google search was just as cumbersome
as using the Transfer Wizard AND did NOT work properly.

The biggest problem is having to setup the default network printer
manually AND having to re-setup MS Office Outlook from scratch.




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Start\Run and type in control userpasswords2 . There you can change it by
selecting the name \Properties

Find it odd that according to your sig you do not know how to change it

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Tecknomage said:
She gets married and insists you change her logon to *janderson* =
Jane Anderson (married name) on the same desktop.

What is the *simplest* way to do that? (step-by-step where possible)

That means changing her logon AND keeping her Profile (Documents and
Settings) the SAME. That is, under *Documents and Settings* change
"jthomas" profile to "janderson" profile.
Click to expand...

If I were to do this, the simplest way that I know would be to
pretend that the current user profile as being corrupt and follow
this procedure to recover the profile:

"How to recover the damaged user profile in Windows XP"
< http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555473 >

This means, of course, that the user registry does not copy over and
must be regenerated. So all preferences would be lost and need to
be re-created... Which probably means network printer and Outlook
will need to be regenerated... so you're probably not much better
off than your current solution.

HTH,
JW
 
Start\Run and type in control userpasswords2 . There you can change it by
selecting the name \Properties

Find it odd that according to your sig you do not know how to change it


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First I know how to change a user logon which can be done via Computer
Management.

Problem, *the last time I did that*, the WinXP made a NEW profile
entry for the new logon. I trying to find a way to avoid that. Now I
admit I could have made a mistake in that instance.

Has anyone actually tested just renaming a user?



A thought, looking at a user logon entry, would this work:

1) From another administrator account, rename the *profile* (using
example below "janderson")

2) Rename the user logon to "janderson"

3) In the logon [Properties] dialog, [Profile] tab, under "User
profile" "Profile path" enter/paste the path to the new profile
"janderson"


I think the mistake I made when I last tried is step #3. If I had
done that it may have worked.


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If I were to do this, the simplest way that I know would be to
pretend that the current user profile as being corrupt and follow
this procedure to recover the profile:

"How to recover the damaged user profile in Windows XP"
< http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555473 >

This means, of course, that the user registry does not copy over and
must be regenerated. So all preferences would be lost and need to
be re-created... Which probably means network printer and Outlook
will need to be regenerated... so you're probably not much better
off than your current solution.

HTH,
JW
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Thanks, but what you state in your last paragraph is exactly what I'm
trying to avoid.


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=========== Tecknomage ===========
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IT Technician
San Diego, CA
 
Here's the situation....

You have a user with a name-logon, example *jthomas* = Jane Thomas.

She gets married and insists you change her logon to *janderson* =
Jane Anderson (married name) on the same desktop.

What is the *simplest* way to do that? (step-by-step where possible)

That means changing her logon AND keeping her Profile (Documents and
Settings) the SAME. That is, under *Documents and Settings* change
"jthomas" profile to "janderson" profile.



The suggested method I found on a Google search was just as cumbersome
as using the Transfer Wizard AND did NOT work properly.

The biggest problem is having to setup the default network printer
manually AND having to re-setup MS Office Outlook from scratch.
Click to expand...

All you have to do is rename her login. This will change her login name,
but it won't actually rename her profile folders or anything.

Yousuf Khan
 
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