How to remove quote from user name.

[Guest Dudely]

When I reinstalled XP, I goofed when I

created the user Dudely, and I put a single quote in as I hit Enter

(fat fingeritis). So my user is now Dudely' See the quote? I've

tried a variety of methods of getting rid of it, but I can't. I

tried

renaming the User, Deleting the user, renaming the directory, adding

a

new user then deleting the old one, etc. Nothing works. Do I have

to

reinstall this thing yet again in order to fix the user?

 

Thanks in advance

[Guest Malke]

Re: How to remove quote from user name.

 

Dudely wrote:

> When I reinstalled XP, I goofed when I

> created the user Dudely, and I put a single quote in as I hit Enter

> (fat fingeritis). So my user is now Dudely' See the quote? I've

> tried a variety of methods of getting rid of it, but I can't. I

> tried

> renaming the User, Deleting the user, renaming the directory, adding

> a

> new user then deleting the old one, etc. Nothing works. Do I have

> to

> reinstall this thing yet again in order to fix the user?

>

> Thanks in advance

 

This part of your post makes no sense: "adding a new user then deleting the

old one". What happens when you try? Because to fix this you need to:

 

1. Create a new user called Dudely.

 

2. If you don't have one, create a third user account - possibly called Tech

or the like - (or if you have XP Pro use the built-in Administrator

account) from which to work.

 

3. Log into the new Dudely account once.

 

4. Log into the new extra account Tech.

 

5. Copy the data and settings from the old Dudely' account to the new Dudely

account per the instructions here:

 

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=811151

 

6. You'll have to make a few cosmetic adjustments in the new Dudely account

to get it exactly to your taste but all your stuff should now be there.

Once you're satisfied that all is well, go to the User Accounts applet in

Control Panel and delete the old Dudely' account, including the files. I

suggest you keep the extra Tech account for emergencies.

 

7. If you want to boot directly to Dudely's Desktop, you can set this up

automatically:

 

Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm

 

 

Malke

--

MS-MVP

Elephant Boy Computers

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com

Don't Panic!

[Guest Dudely]

Re: How to remove quote from user name.

 

On Jun 14, 10:20 am, Malke <ma...@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> Dudely wrote:

> > When I reinstalled XP, I goofed when I

> > created the user Dudely, and I put a single quote in as I hit Enter

> > (fat fingeritis). So my user is now Dudely'  See the quote?  I've

> > tried a variety of methods of getting rid of it, but I can't.  I

> > tried

> > renaming the User, Deleting the user, renaming the directory, adding

> > a

> > new user then deleting the old one, etc.  Nothing works.  Do I have

> > to

> > reinstall this thing yet again in order to fix the user?

>

> > Thanks in advance

>

> This part of your post makes no sense: "adding a new user then deleting the

> old one". What happens when you try? Because to fix this you need to:

>

> 1. Create a new user called Dudely.

>

> 2. If you don't have one, create a third user account - possibly called Tech

> or the like - (or if you have XP Pro use the built-in Administrator

> account) from which to work.

>

> 3. Log into the new Dudely account once.

>

> 4. Log into the new extra account Tech.

>

> 5. Copy the data and settings from the old Dudely' account to the new Dudely

> account per the instructions here:

>

> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=811151

>

> 6. You'll have to make a few cosmetic adjustments in the new Dudely account

> to get it exactly to your taste but all your stuff should now be there.

> Once you're satisfied that all is well, go to the User Accounts applet in

> Control Panel and delete the old Dudely' account, including the files. I

> suggest you keep the extra Tech account for emergencies.

>

> 7. If you want to boot directly to Dudely's Desktop, you can set this up

> automatically:

>

> Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm

>

> Malke

> --

> MS-MVP

> Elephant Boy Computerswww.elephantboycomputers.com

> Don't Panic!

 

I appreciate the response, however I didn't have the patience to wait

for an answer, and already re-installed XP. If I had known how long

it was going to take (couldn't read my motherboard CD and other

agonizing tales of horror) I would of waited - it would of been

faster.

 

So, I giess we'll never know if the above would of worked for me,

however one thing I failed to do was login to the new account so maybe

that was the problem?? Who knows...

 

In any event, I have a new - semi-related problem. I'll post a fresh

message.

 

Thanks again!