Changing administrator name

[Nick Haury]

Bought a new computer from circuit city, got a great deal on the demo,
well, anyway, I want to change the administrator name. I just don't
like 'Circuit City' as the admin name.
TIA

 

[Steve N.]

Bought a new computer from circuit city, got a great deal on the demo,
well, anyway, I want to change the administrator name. I just don't
like 'Circuit City' as the admin name.
TIA

Create a new admin user with a name to your liking and use it instead.

Steve

 

[Nick Haury]

Create a new admin user with a name to your liking and use it instead.

Steve

Then how do I get rid of the other one, and what about the setting?
Nick

 

[Rock]

Then how do I get rid of the other one, and what about the setting?
Nick

Copy the settings from the old to the new then delete the old:

How to Copy a User Profile
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_logon.htm

HOW TO Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=279783

 

[Frank]

Bought a new computer from circuit city, got a great deal on the demo,
well, anyway, I want to change the administrator name. I just don't like
'Circuit City' as the admin name.
TIA

Control panel > Administrator tools > Local security policy >
Local policies > Security options > Accounts: Rename administrator.

 

[Nick Haury]

Just a quick note, that didn't work, My computer administrator is still
"Circuit City" on one machine, and "HP_Administrator" on the other.
Nick

 

[Guest]

OK Rock, I did everything that you said and it changed just fine. *BUT* I
lost everything, *NOW* what do I do? How can I roll back or do a undelete of
everything, or am I just F**ked?

 

[Rock]

OK Rock, I did everything that you said and it changed just fine. *BUT* I
lost everything, *NOW* what do I do? How can I roll back or do a undelete of
everything, or am I just F**ked?

Not sure what you mean by you lost everything. One option is to restore
from a backup. Another option is try a system restore.