Changing User profile name

[Norman]

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Is it possible to change the name of a user profile on XP home sp2 I log in
as administrator, and the profile that I want to change has the two options
delete and copy greyed out. I go into C:\Documents and Settings and try to
rename the profile folder and get the message that it is a system folder and
can't be renamed.
does anyone have any suggestions ?
Thank you
Norm

 

[Malke]

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Norman wrote:

> Is it possible to change the name of a user profile on XP home sp2 I
> log in as administrator, and the profile that I want to change has the
> two options
> delete and copy greyed out. I go into C:\Documents and Settings and
> try to rename the profile folder and get the message that it is a
> system folder and can't be renamed.
> does anyone have any suggestions ?
> Thank you
> Norm

It is better to create a new user account with the name you want and
copy the original user account to that. Assuming that this is a
standalone machine (not on a domain), create your new account and then
log into it once. Now log in as a user different from the new account
and the one from which you are copying. Here's a link with full
details:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=811151

Malke
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[Guest]

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To change the user name on xp pro w/ sp2 the start menu and click run copy
the following into it and hit enter %SystemRoot%\system32\compmgmt.msc /s
then go to local users and groups and double click it and double click on
users then select the user name you would like to change and right mouse
click and select rename type the name you want and hit enter. The change
takes effect immediately.

Tom
MCSA

 

[Guest]

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Norman wrote:
> Is it possible to change the name of a user profile on XP home sp2 I log in
> as administrator, and the profile that I want to change has the two options
> delete and copy greyed out. I go into C:\Documents and Settings and try to
> rename the profile folder and get the message that it is a system folder and
> can't be renamed.
> does anyone have any suggestions ?
> Thank you
> Norm


The user profile folders (C:\Documents and Settings\Username)
cannot easily be renamed, even if the associated user account has been.
(It's possible, by making several unnecessarily tedious registry
edits.) So, your best course of action would be to log on using the built-in
Administrator account, create a new user account, with the username
desired. You can then delete the old user account(s).

HOW TO Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;279783

How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811151


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