XP Logon Name / Network Logon Name

[Carmine Castiglia]

This situation involves a notebook PC running XP Pro/SP1 and a "Snap Server"
NAS device in a mixed (Win2K, Win98, WinXP) P2P environment.

When the notebook was originally configured by the reseller, he defaulted
the username to "user". When our user received the notebook, he promptly
changed the name associated with the account to his name - let's call him
"John Smith". All is well.

Now, it becomes necessary to give John access to protected folders on the
Snap Server NAS. A user is created on the Snap Server, "John Smith" with
the same password as the password used to logon to his notebook. No go -
the notebook cannot get authenticated by the Snap Server and is refused
access to the shared folders. Note that this scenario works perfectly under
Win2K and Win98.

The problem, after much trial and error, turns out to be that no matter what
the "User Name" on the notebook is set to, it is attempting to log onto the
Snap Server using the original "user" username.

Why?

Is there a way around this?



PS: I have tried using XP's "Network Logon Id" function to get around this,
so far without success. Seems like it should work...

 

[Matt DuBois [MSFT]]

The Users control panel shows the "Full Name" of the user, which is
different than the "User Name". The reason for this is that its much
friendlier, and the Full Name is what shows up on the welcome screen. You
can't change the user name of a user, you can only create a new user. If
you want to see both User Name and Full Name, you can use the Computer
Management MMC. Right Click on My Computer and select Manage, then expand
Local Users and Groups and click on the Users folder.

You should be able to work around it though. If you select the account in
the Users control panel when you are logged into it, you'll get the "Manage
my network passwords" task in the task pane. Select that and you should be
able to add a user name and password for the Snap Server.

If this doesn't work, it could be that the space in the user name is causing
problems. Try to put the user name in quotes when you enter it, or try a
user name that doesn't contain spaces.

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

You
can't change the user name of a user, you can only create a new user. If
you want to see both User Name and Full Name, you can use the Computer
Management MMC. Right Click on My Computer and select Manage, then expand
Local Users and Groups and click on the Users folder.

Matt,

I thought you could change the actual user name there. Click on
it, press F2 ...

Hans-Georg

 

[Matt DuBois [MSFT]]

Thats a neat little trick, and WILL rename the username. Since that MMC
won't work on an XP Home machine though, its only available on Pro.

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

Thats a neat little trick, and WILL rename the username.

Matt,

if in doubt, ask an MVP. -)

Hans-Georg [MVP Windows Networking]