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Owner account
This question concerns windows XP Home. I recently changed the name of the Owner account. Now I can log in which the new account name, but also as 'Owner' (using the same password). What's the point of changing the name of the Owner account if I can still
log in as 'Owner'? So, what causes this behaviour, and how can I rectify it? |
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Owner account
It accepts either the username or the accountname field defined
in the accounts on the system. Access the account with control userpasswords2 and change both to the new name (do not change group memberships in Home edition using this interface) in the properties of the account. -- Roger Abell Microsoft MVP (Windows Server System: Security) MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4) MCDBA "Kundai" wrote in message ... This question concerns windows XP Home. I recently changed the name of the Owner account. Now I can log in which the new account name, but also as 'Owner' (using the same password). What's the point of changing the name of the Owner account if I can still log in as 'Owner'? So, what causes this behaviour, and how can I rectify it? |
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Owner account
It accepts either the username or the accountname field defined
in the accounts on the system. Access the account with control userpasswords2 and change both to the new name (do not change group memberships in Home edition using this interface) in the properties of the account. -- Roger Abell Microsoft MVP (Windows Server System: Security) MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4) MCDBA "Kundai" wrote in message ... This question concerns windows XP Home. I recently changed the name of the Owner account. Now I can log in which the new account name, but also as 'Owner' (using the same password). What's the point of changing the name of the Owner account if I can still log in as 'Owner'? So, what causes this behaviour, and how can I rectify it? |
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Owner account
It accepts either the username or the accountname field defined
in the accounts on the system. Access the account with control userpasswords2 and change both to the new name (do not change group memberships in Home edition using this interface) in the properties of the account. -- Roger Abell Microsoft MVP (Windows Server System: Security) MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4) MCDBA "Kundai" wrote in message ... This question concerns windows XP Home. I recently changed the name of the Owner account. Now I can log in which the new account name, but also as 'Owner' (using the same password). What's the point of changing the name of the Owner account if I can still log in as 'Owner'? So, what causes this behaviour, and how can I rectify it? |
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Owner account
Wish I'd read this before...I'm used to XP Pro and I didn't realize there was this limitation in Home. I went and changed my account to a power user in Userpasswords2. Apparently Home doesn't support Power users. What this means is I can ctrl+alt+del twi
ce and type in the username and password, but it's no longer shown on the Welcome screen, or in any userpasswords control applet. Any ideas how to set this account back to administrator? Thanks. "Roger Abell" wrote: It accepts either the username or the accountname field defined in the accounts on the system. Access the account with control userpasswords2 and change both to the new name (do not change group memberships in Home edition using this interface) in the properties of the account. -- Roger Abell Microsoft MVP (Windows Server System: Security) MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4) MCDBA "Kundai" wrote in message ... This question concerns windows XP Home. I recently changed the name of the Owner account. Now I can log in which the new account name, but also as 'Owner' (using the same password). What's the point of changing the name of the Owner account if I can still log in as 'Owner'? So, what causes this behaviour, and how can I rectify it? |
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