- Changing administrator name
- Posted by Nick Haury on October 25th, 2005
How does one change the administrator name? I just don't like 'Circuit
City', even if I bought it there.
Nick
- Posted by Blake Handler on October 26th, 2005
You don't really want to delete it per se -- just disable the account. But
BEFORE you disable the Admin account please make sure that YOUR USER has
Administrator Access.
"Nick Haury" wrote:
> How does one change the administrator name? I just don't like 'Circuit
> City', even if I bought it there.
> Nick
>
- Posted by Nick Haury on October 26th, 2005
Blake Handler wrote:
> You don't really want to delete it per se -- just disable the account. But
> BEFORE you disable the Admin account please make sure that YOUR USER has
> Administrator Access.
>
>
> "Nick Haury" wrote:
>
>
>>How does one change the administrator name? I just don't like 'Circuit
>>City', even if I bought it there.
>>Nick
>>
It's my computer and I only have access to it, no other users!
Nick
- Posted by Yves Leclerc on October 26th, 2005
It is recommended to keep the Admin account as a backup account. You can
change the user name (not the account name) in that account. What version
of XP are you running?
"Nick Haury" <aecdesign@truevine.net> wrote in message
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> Blake Handler wrote:
>> You don't really want to delete it per se -- just disable the account.
>> But BEFORE you disable the Admin account please make sure that YOUR USER
>> has Administrator Access.
>>
>>
>> "Nick Haury" wrote:
>>
>>
>>>How does one change the administrator name? I just don't like 'Circuit
>>>City', even if I bought it there.
>>>Nick
>>>
> It's my computer and I only have access to it, no other users!
> Nick
- Posted by scrubber on October 26th, 2005
In Administrative Tools, go to Local Security Settings --> Security Options.
In the right hand pane, 4th from the top, you'll see: "Accounts: Rename
Administrator Account". Double click that, delete the existing name and then
type in whatever you want to use in its place.
"Nick Haury" wrote:
> How does one change the administrator name? I just don't like 'Circuit
> City', even if I bought it there.
> Nick
>
- Posted by Nick Haury on October 26th, 2005
Scrubber
Would Local Security Policy be the same thing, and if so which option do
I use, (see below), I'm using Windows XP Media Edition
--
Nick
- Posted by scrubber on October 27th, 2005
I'm afraid I've only got the Win XP Pro flavour installed on my own machine
Nick, but I would imagine the options would be in the same location.
"Nick Haury" wrote:
> Scrubber
> Would Local Security Policy be the same thing, and if so which option do
> I use, (see below), I'm using Windows XP Media Edition
> --
> Nick
>
