User Name?

[roger]

I have inherited a machine with XP SP3 on it, and it is full of stuff
I want to get rid of - which I have.

But there is a single user with name 'Bart' that I want to get rid of
- want to change 'Bart' to 'Me'. Changing the user name under
ControlPanel>Users was easy. But I would like to change foldername
'Bart' under c:\Documents and Settings to 'Me' also - if only to clean
things up nicely. Seemed simple, maybe not?

How can I do that?

Thanks

Big Fred

 

[David H. Lipman]

I have inherited a machine with XP SP3 on it, and it is full of stuff
I want to get rid of - which I have.

But there is a single user with name 'Bart' that I want to get rid of
- want to change 'Bart' to 'Me'. Changing the user name under

ControlPanel>> Users was easy. But I would like to change foldername

'Bart' under c:\Documents and Settings to 'Me' also - if only to clean
things up nicely. Seemed simple, maybe not?

How can I do that?

Thanks

Big Fred

If you obtain a used computer, best practice is to completely wipe the computer and
reinstall the OS of choice from scratch.

 

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 06:43:41 -0500, "David H. Lipman"

ControlPanel>> Users was easy. But I would like to change foldername

If you obtain a used computer, best practice is to completely wipe the computer and
reinstall the OS of choice from scratch.

+1

And if for some reason you cannot do that, it would be better to set up
a new user with the desired name and delete the old one(s).

--
Zaphod

Arthur: All my life I've had this strange feeling that there's
something big and sinister going on in the world.
Slartibartfast: No, that's perfectly normal paranoia. Everyone in the
universe gets that.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I have inherited a machine with XP SP3 on it, and it is full of stuff
I want to get rid of - which I have.

But there is a single user with name 'Bart' that I want to get rid of
- want to change 'Bart' to 'Me'. Changing the user name under
ControlPanel>Users was easy. But I would like to change foldername
'Bart' under c:\Documents and Settings to 'Me' also - if only to clean
things up nicely. Seemed simple, maybe not?

If I acquired a used computer, no matter who previously owned it, the
first thing I would do with it would be to reinstall the operating
system cleanly. You have no idea how the computer has been maintained,
what has been installed incorrectly, what is missing, what viruses and
spyware there may be, etc. I wouldn't want to live with somebody
else's mistakes and problems, possibility of kiddy p0rn, etc., and I
wouldn't recommend that anyone else do so either.

Your choice of course, but in my view, you're playing with fire if you
don't reinstall Windows cleanly.

 

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 13:00:54 -0700, "Bill in Co"

Could one set up a new user with the desired name, and then before deleting
the old one, copy all of the old personalized user directories over to the
new one? The idea being that it would be equivalent to changing the user
name whilst preserving all the user customized settings and data from the
previous user account, which might be desireable.

Probably doable but likely far too tedious to only get what you want
and not bring along the other baggage, which (for me anyway) would be
the biggest reason to create a new user in the first place.

--
Zaphod

"Yeah. Listen, I'm Zaphod Beeblebrox, my father was Zaphod Beeblebrox
the Second, my grandfather Zaphod Beeblebrox the Third..."

"What?"

"There was an accident with a contraceptive and a time machine. Now
concentrate!"

 

[roger]

Okay

Fresh install of OS it will be.

Thanks

BF