UserName vs. ComputerName. How to change?

[No Name]

A software manufacturer looked over some diagnostic files I submitted, and
said that the lethal installation errror was that I had chosen a user name
(upon WinXP reinstallation) that contained an ampersand & . Yes, I
had. So, I went to Control Panel/user accounts/change an account/pick an
account to change. I changed the ampersand & to the alpha And. But a
specific diagnostic supplied by the manufacturer shows that the "UserName"
contains the offending &, while the ComputerName is "LYNNANDKATHY" I do
forget just exactly what I did at reinstallation in terms of spelling,
capitalization, etc.

The Manufacturer diagnostic shows

UserName = Lynn&Kathy
ComputerName = LYNNANDKATHY

For a reason unknown to me, a C++ routine "msihelper" screws up when
presented with a UserName containing an ampersand.

Via the Control Panel path, I intended to change the UserName to get rid of
the offending &. I failed.

How do I do so?

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Create another user profile appropriately named.
Log into the new profile at least once.
Then log into a different profile and copy data from bad profile to
the new profile:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811151/

then when you are certain you have the new profile functioning
properly, you can safely delete the bad profile from User Accounts in
the Control Panel.

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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


> wrote in message
...
>A software manufacturer looked over some diagnostic files I
>submitted, and said that the lethal installation errror was that I
>had chosen a user name (upon WinXP reinstallation) that contained an
>ampersand & . Yes, I had. So, I went to Control Panel/user
>accounts/change an account/pick an account to change. I changed the
>ampersand & to the alpha And. But a specific diagnostic supplied by
>the manufacturer shows that the "UserName" contains the offending &,
>while the ComputerName is "LYNNANDKATHY" I do forget just exactly
>what I did at reinstallation in terms of spelling, capitalization,
>etc.
>
> The Manufacturer diagnostic shows
>
> UserName = Lynn&Kathy
> ComputerName = LYNNANDKATHY
>
> For a reason unknown to me, a C++ routine "msihelper" screws up when
> presented with a UserName containing an ampersand.
>
> Via the Control Panel path, I intended to change the UserName to get
> rid of the offending &. I failed.
>
> How do I do so?
>
>
>
>
>

[Poprivet`]

Jupiter Jones [MVP] wrote:
> Create another user profile appropriately named.
> Log into the new profile at least once.
> Then log into a different profile and copy data from
> bad profile to
> the new profile:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811151/
>
> then when you are certain you have the new profile
> functioning
> properly, you can safely delete the bad profile from
> User Accounts in
> the Control Panel.
>
>
> > wrote in message
> ...
>> A software manufacturer looked over some diagnostic
>> files I
>> submitted, and said that the lethal installation
>> errror was that I
>> had chosen a user name (upon WinXP reinstallation)
>> that contained an
>> ampersand & . Yes, I had. So, I went to
>> Control Panel/user
>> accounts/change an account/pick an account to
>> change. I changed the
>> ampersand & to the alpha And. But a specific
>> diagnostic supplied by
>> the manufacturer shows that the "UserName" contains
>> the offending &,
>> while the ComputerName is "LYNNANDKATHY" I do
>> forget just exactly
>> what I did at reinstallation in terms of spelling,
>> capitalization,
>> etc.
>>
>> The Manufacturer diagnostic shows
>>
>> UserName = Lynn&Kathy
>> ComputerName = LYNNANDKATHY
>>
>> For a reason unknown to me, a C++ routine
>> "msihelper" screws up when
>> presented with a UserName containing an ampersand.
>>
>> Via the Control Panel path, I intended to change the
>> UserName to get
>> rid of the offending &. I failed.
>>
>> How do I do so?

Interesting; you'd think they would have been smart
enough to disallow the use of anything reserved in
UserName. I paln to create another user account and
had planned to use the &; great timing for this post.

Pop`

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

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--
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http://www.dts-l.org


"Poprivet`" > wrote in message
...
> Interesting; you'd think they would have been smart enough to
> disallow the use of anything reserved in UserName. I paln to create
> another user account and had planned to use the &; great timing for
> this post.
>
> Pop`