Changing User Name

[Declan Basile]

I'm using Windows XP Pro, and I changed the user name and
password of an account. When logged into that account,
the new user name appears on the Welcome Screen and under
the Start Button. However, the user's folder under
the "Documents and Settings" folder is still named the old
user's name, and when I log in under the new user name and
password, I can't get access to network folders that the
new username/password has access to. Was the user name
really changed or is the user name the same and only the
welcome screen and start menu display the new name? If
the user name didn't really change, is there a way to
change it?

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Renaming an account does not change the name of the Documents and Settings\<username> folder. It simply changes the way the username appears throughout the system.

If you changed the username and password from another account, all stored passwords for the account you changed were lost.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

The C:\Documents and Settings\Username folders _cannot_ be
renamed, even if the associated user account has been. 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



Bruce Chambers
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