- Changing administrator name
- Posted by Nick Haury on October 25th, 2005
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
- Posted by Steve N. on October 25th, 2005
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
- Posted by Nick Haury on October 25th, 2005
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
- Posted by Rock on October 25th, 2005
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
- Posted by Frank on October 26th, 2005
"Nick Haury" <aecdesign@truevine.net> wrote in message
news:uCrvF4a2FHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> 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.
- Posted by Nick Haury on October 27th, 2005
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
- Posted by Nick on October 28th, 2005
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
- Posted by Rock on October 31st, 2005
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
