Changing Registered Name

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I have XP. In documents & settings, I have accounts for Administrator
and Emily. I have changed my logon information from Emily to
"Registerd User." The folder in D&S has not changed names, however,
and my name (Emily) appears in metadata and paths. I want to get rid
of Emily and have Registerd User instead.

How do I do that?
Do I need to edit the registry?

<*(((><

Awaiting your responses with baited breath, I remain, yours truly,
<*(((>< ~~~
~~~~~

 

[Nepatsfan]

(e-mail address removed),

I have XP. In documents & settings, I have accounts for
Administrator and Emily. I have changed my logon
information from Emily to "Registerd User." The folder in
D&S has not changed names, however, and my name (Emily)
appears in metadata and paths. I want to get rid of Emily
and have Registerd User instead.

How do I do that?
Do I need to edit the registry?

<*(((><

Awaiting your responses with baited breath, I remain, yours
truly, <*(((>< ~~~
~~~~~

You're going to have to create a new account named Registered
User and copy the files from the Emily account over to the new
account.

Either of these procedures will allow you to copy the files
from the old user account into a new user account.

How do I copy a user profile in Windows XP?
http://www.petri.co.il/copy_user_profiles_in_windows_xp.htm

To copy a user profile
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...cs/en-us/sysdm_userprofile_copy.mspx?mfr=true

How to copy data from a corrupted user profile to a new profile
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/811151

You will have to use a third account which is a computer
administrator in order to copy the files. You can use the
built-in Administrator account or, if you're running XP Home,
create a temporary admin account that can be deleted once the
procedure is completed.

Good luck

Nepatsfan