User name

[Guest Herbert Eppel]

How easy (or otherwise) is it to change my own Windows login name on my

on PC where I have full administrator rights?

 

Is it simply a question of changing it under "Users and Passwords", or

are there other aspects/complications?

 

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Herbert Eppel

http://www.HETranslation.co.uk

[Guest Meinolf Weber]

Re: User name

 

Hello Herbert,

 

Like you say, that's the way to do it.

 

But i suggest do not play around with the administrator before you have an

additional admin account, if something goes wrong.

 

If you will not work with the administrator, then create an admin for install

etc. and disable the real administrator.

 

 

Best regards

 

Meinolf Weber

Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers

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> How easy (or otherwise) is it to change my own Windows login name on

> my on PC where I have full administrator rights?

>

> Is it simply a question of changing it under "Users and Passwords", or

> are there other aspects/complications?

>

[Guest Herbert Eppel]

Re: User name

 

On 21.09.2007 20:09 UK Time, Meinolf Weber wrote:

> Hello Herbert,

>

> Like you say, that's the way to do it.

>

> But i suggest do not play around with the administrator before you have

> an additional admin account, if something goes wrong.

> If you will not work with the administrator, then create an admin for

> install etc. and disable the real administrator.

>

>

> Best regards

>

> Meinolf Weber

> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and

> confers no rights.

>

>> How easy (or otherwise) is it to change my own Windows login name on

>> my on PC where I have full administrator rights?

>>

>> Is it simply a question of changing it under "Users and Passwords", or

>> are there other aspects/complications?

>>

>

>

 

Hi Meinolf,

 

thanks for your reply, and sorry about the delay in acknowledging it.

 

In addition to my own account this PC also has the standard/default

Administrator account, so hopefully I can't break too much of anything

goes wrong :-)

 

However, before I go ahead, I wonder what will happen with all the

numerous registry entries containing my current full user name under

C:\Documents and Settings\Herbert Eppel\...

 

Will they all be changed automatically, along with the directory itself,

i.e. assuming I want to change my user name to Herb, will everything

appear under

C:\Documents and Settings\Herb\... ?

 

And will all my programs still work and refer to the new location?

 

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Herbert Eppel

http://www.HETranslation.co.uk