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Originally Posted by liquidlight
Create a new user or log in as Administrator, then update the username and rename the folder.
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oh dear... that is a terrible idea... this will not copy or change permissions for any of the files in the profile... it can work if the new user is in the administrators group, but a horrible idea because it breaks spec, badly.
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Originally Posted by Mbnfc
yeah log in with administrative previlages then go start>run>type control userpasswords2
then advance tab, then advance button, then right click on a name.. rename
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This will change the log on name, but not the directory where the user files are located, this will remain the old directory structure.
The best way to change the name is to copy it to a new account of the desired name. First create a new user of the name desired, log in as the new user, then log out and log in as administrator (or any administrator account that is not the account to be renamed.) right click on my computer, and select properties, click the advanced tab and user profiles button. Select the user account and click "copy to" enter the location of the new profile (C:\Documents and Settings\NEWUSENAME)(you must have already logged in as this new user, other wise it will fail as the directory has not been made yet). then click permitted to use, and enter the new user name, this gives the copy of the account permissions to use the account, and sets all of the permissions properly. log out and log in as the new user.
Make sure that you de encrypt any files encrypted by the previous user. The encryption is based off a unique ID that is not copied and only the previous user can access them..