Change a User name?

[Peter]

My computer has a name, but I, as the principal user, am shown as "User" in
profiles. Can I alter that. If I delete that profile and create another
one will it screw up files?
Thanks in advance (WinXP Home SP1)

[Thorsten Matzner]

"Peter" <r2d2 AT cesmail dot net (alter the AT)> wrote:

>My computer has a name, but I, as the principal user, am shown as "User" in
>profiles. Can I alter that. If I delete that profile and create another
>one will it screw up files?

Create a new user with the proper name. Log on as the new user, then
log off all users. Log on as the Administrator and in the Control
Panel > System > Advanced > User profiles > Settings copy the old user
profile onto the new user.

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[Anando [MS-MVP]]

Hi Peter,

You can change the registered owner and organisation by modifying the registry. Click on Start >>
Run and type REGEDIT. Navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion

Double click on the RegisteredOwner key and change its value to your desired name. You may also
enter your organisation name by double clicking the RegisteredOrganization key.

The folder tree under Documents and Settings cannot be renamed. You may create a new account with
the desired name and then log-in to a third account (you may log in to the Administrator account)
and copy the existing account to the new account. You can copy an account by right clicking on My
Computer and selecting properties. Flip to the advanced tab and click on settings under 'User
Profiles'.

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"Peter" <r2d2 AT cesmail dot net (alter the AT)> wrote in message
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> My computer has a name, but I, as the principal user, am shown as "User" in
> profiles. Can I alter that. If I delete that profile and create another
> one will it screw up files?
> Thanks in advance (WinXP Home SP1)
>
>

[Peter]

Thanks all for the help.
"Thorsten Matzner" > wrote in message
...
> "Peter" <r2d2 AT cesmail dot net (alter the AT)> wrote:
>
> >My computer has a name, but I, as the principal user, am shown as "User"
in
> >profiles. Can I alter that. If I delete that profile and create
another
> >one will it screw up files?
>
> Create a new user with the proper name. Log on as the new user, then
> log off all users. Log on as the Administrator and in the Control
> Panel > System > Advanced > User profiles > Settings copy the old user
> profile onto the new user.
>
> --
> (tm)