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Old September 15th 05, 07:14 PM
Wombat613
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Default Unable to rename a user account Win XP SP2

Pre SP2, we could create an account "English" than log in, and create all the
standard directories etc.

After all was done, I could rename "English" to "en" (shorter for users to
log in with).

After SP2, I click "Rename" change to "en" and it goes back to "English"

Until now I could uninstall SP2, to the change, and reinstall SP2.

Unfortunatly I have a laptop where SP2 was preinstalled, and I can not
uninstall it.

How can I change a user login name on the local machine?

T. James

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Old September 15th 05, 09:39 PM
Matthew Senecal
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Hi I got a fix for you that is simple to do here is how you do it.
go to this website it will explain and tell you what to do ok thanks.
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/userpath.htm

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"Wombat613" wrote:

Pre SP2, we could create an account "English" than log in, and create all the
standard directories etc.

After all was done, I could rename "English" to "en" (shorter for users to
log in with).

After SP2, I click "Rename" change to "en" and it goes back to "English"

Until now I could uninstall SP2, to the change, and reinstall SP2.

Unfortunatly I have a laptop where SP2 was preinstalled, and I can not
uninstall it.

How can I change a user login name on the local machine?

T. James

 




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