Rename User account

[Guest]

This is the problem, a user set up windows xp home with one particular name.
After discovering he could no longer access shared folders/printers, he
'renamed' his account to the correct username and password. The shared
resources do not recognize this and continue to request login info. This is
a peer to peer network. Any ideas?

Thanks

 

[Malke]

This is the problem, a user set up windows xp home with one
particular name.
After discovering he could no longer access shared folders/printers,
he
'renamed' his account to the correct username and password. The
shared
resources do not recognize this and continue to request login info.
This is
a peer to peer network. Any ideas?

Thanks

You should delete the account he renamed and make him a completely new
one with the right name and password. Just renaming the account only
changes the name; it doesn't change any of the underlying
identification. Here's a link to help:

Create a New User Profile in Windows XP Professional

1. Log on as the Administrator or as a user with administrator
credentials.
2. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
3. Click User Accounts.
4. Click the Advanced tab, and then click Advanced.
5. In the left pane, click the Users folder.
6. On the Action menu, click New User.
7. Enter the appropriate user information, and then click Create.

Copy Files to the New User Profile

1. Log on as a user other than the user whose profile you are copying
files to or from.
2. In Windows Explorer, click Tools, click Folder Options, click the
View tab, click Show hidden files and folders, click to clear the Hide
protected operating system files check box, and then click OK.
3. Locate the C:\Documents and Settings\Old_Username folder, where C
is the drive on which Windows XP is installed, and Old_Username is the
name of the profile you want to copy user data from.
4. Press and hold down the CTRL key while you click each file and
subfolder in this folder, except the following files:
* Ntuser.dat
* Ntuser.dat.log
* Ntuser.ini
5. On the Edit menu, click Copy.
6. Locate the C:\Documents and Settings\New_Username folder, where C
is the drive on which Windows XP is installed, and New_Username is the
name of the user
profile that you created in the "Create a New User Profile" section.
7. On the Edit menu, click Paste.
8. Log off the computer, and then log on as the new user.

Note: You must import your e-mail messages and addresses to the new user
profile before you delete the old profile. For additional information
see 313055 OLEXP: Mail Folders, Address Book, and E-mail Messages Are
Missing After You Upgrade to Microsoft Windows XP

HTH,

Malke

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

You should delete the account he renamed and make him a completely new
one with the right name and password. Just renaming the account only
changes the name; it doesn't change any of the underlying
identification.

Malke,

your advice is correct, apart from one little detail.

In Windows XP Professional you can actually change the
underlying account name. If you open Computer Management and
click on Local Users and Groups, Users, you see the genuine
account user name in the leftmost column.

You can change it here by pressing F2 or by right-clicking the
row and choosing Rename.

Hans-Georg

 

[Malke]

Malke,

your advice is correct, apart from one little detail.

In Windows XP Professional you can actually change the
underlying account name. If you open Computer Management and
click on Local Users and Groups, Users, you see the genuine
account user name in the leftmost column.

You can change it here by pressing F2 or by right-clicking the
row and choosing Rename.

Hans-Georg

Thanks, Hans-Georg. I always appreciate information like this and you
are one of my heros anyway! I've made a note of this.

Cheers,

Malke