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 \(MVP\)]

Kelvin Beaton wrote:

> 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


> If I wanted to have XP create a profile that mathches the user name, how
> would I have it do that?
>
> Thanks
>
> Kelvin
>
>


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