Changing Administrator

[John]

I purchased a used Dell with Windows XP. The
Administrator's name is "Erin". Is there any way I can
change this name to my name (John)??
I have tried many different ways but have been denied.
Thank You,
John

[Gordon Burgess-Parker]

John wrote:
> I purchased a used Dell with Windows XP. The
> Administrator's name is "Erin". Is there any way I can
> change this name to my name (John)??
> I have tried many different ways but have been denied.
> Thank You,
> John

"Erin" is NOT the administrator, it's a User with Admin rights. (I would
guess). Just create a new user in your name with Admin rights.

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[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

John;
The easiest is to create a new profile and copy the data from the old
profile to the new.
Then when you are sure all is OK, you can delete the old profile.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811151

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"John" > wrote in message
...
> I purchased a used Dell with Windows XP. The
> Administrator's name is "Erin". Is there any way I can
> change this name to my name (John)??
> I have tried many different ways but have been denied.
> Thank You,
> John