Changing administrator name

[Nick Haury]

Bought a new computer from circuit city, got a great deal on the demo,
well, anyway, I want to change the administrator name. I just don't
like 'Circuit City' as the admin name.
TIA
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Nick

[Steve N.]

Nick Haury wrote:
> Bought a new computer from circuit city, got a great deal on the demo,
> well, anyway, I want to change the administrator name. I just don't
> like 'Circuit City' as the admin name.
> TIA
> --
> Nick

Create a new admin user with a name to your liking and use it instead.

Steve

[Nick Haury]

Steve N. wrote:
> Nick Haury wrote:
>
>> Bought a new computer from circuit city, got a great deal on the demo,
>> well, anyway, I want to change the administrator name. I just don't
>> like 'Circuit City' as the admin name.
>> TIA
>> --
>> Nick
>
>
> Create a new admin user with a name to your liking and use it instead.
>
> Steve
>
Then how do I get rid of the other one, and what about the setting?
Nick

[Rock]

Nick Haury wrote:

> Steve N. wrote:
>
>> Nick Haury wrote:
>>
>>> Bought a new computer from circuit city, got a great deal on the
>>> demo, well, anyway, I want to change the administrator name. I just
>>> don't like 'Circuit City' as the admin name.
>>> TIA
>>> --
>>> Nick
>>
>>
>>
>> Create a new admin user with a name to your liking and use it instead.
>>
>> Steve
>>
> Then how do I get rid of the other one, and what about the setting?
> Nick

Copy the settings from the old to the new then delete the old:

How to Copy a User Profile
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_logon.htm

HOW TO Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=279783

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Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

[Frank]

"Nick Haury" > wrote in message
...
> Bought a new computer from circuit city, got a great deal on the demo,
> well, anyway, I want to change the administrator name. I just don't like
> 'Circuit City' as the admin name.
> TIA

Control panel > Administrator tools > Local security policy >
Local policies > Security options > Accounts: Rename administrator.

[Nick Haury]

Just a quick note, that didn't work, My computer administrator is still
"Circuit City" on one machine, and "HP_Administrator" on the other.
Nick

[Nick]

OK Rock, I did everything that you said and it changed just fine. *BUT* I
lost everything, *NOW* what do I do? How can I roll back or do a undelete of
everything, or am I just F**ked?
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Nick Haury

[Rock]

Nick wrote:

> OK Rock, I did everything that you said and it changed just fine. *BUT* I
> lost everything, *NOW* what do I do? How can I roll back or do a undelete of
> everything, or am I just F**ked?

Not sure what you mean by you lost everything. One option is to restore
from a backup. Another option is try a system restore.

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Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User