change default name of system file user

[Guest]

When my father died, we gave his PC to my daughter. The Documents and Setting
folder has a subfolder named for him, i.e., documents and settings\grandpa\*.
We want to rename it all references to him to our daughter, i.e., documents
and settings\grandaughter\*.
I saw Carey Frisch's suggestion to use Change the Computer's Registered
Owner in Windows XP, http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_change_owner.htm.
We also saw Brian Conner's suggestion to use
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm, Option 7 on the right.
Will either of these change these entries as we wish throughout the
registry, or am I stuck with wiping the harddrive and starting over?

Thank you.

 

[Stephen Burnett]

Firstly,
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_change_owner.htm

This will change the registered owner of the computer. This is shown in the
properties of 'My Computer'. Many new software installers pick-up the
registered owner from here.

The folders you are referring to are a different story. Basically the
easiest way to wipe out the old references and make new ones is to create a
new user in the 'User Accounts' control panel and delete the old one.
Please note that you will have to log-in to the new account to delete the
old. You may find that some settings and Start-Menu entries are lost by
doing this.

You can change just the name of the account (from the same place) but this
will not change the folder names.

 

[Guest]

I'm so glad Microsoft made such an obvious need such an awful task.
Thanks.