When I rename an account I notice that....

[Kelvin Beaton]

When I rename an account I notice that Windows XP doesn't neccessarly create
a new profile in the workstation the next time the user logs in. For example
an account used to be John, then I renamed it to JSmith. XP still knows to
use John as the profile on the PC.
Where does it get this information?
If I wanted to have XP create a profile that mathches the user name, how
would I have it do that?

Thanks

Kelvin

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

When I rename an account I notice that Windows XP doesn't neccessarly create
a new profile in the workstation the next time the user logs in. For example
an account used to be John, then I renamed it to JSmith. XP still knows to
use John as the profile on the PC.
Where does it get this information?

From the registry value ProfileImagePath under the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList