Re: Change Administrator Logon Spelling

From: Daniel Bostic (mrdanbostic@comcast.net)
Date: 10/24/02 

From: "Daniel Bostic" <mrdanbostic@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 03:36:55 -0400

Curt:
Under you Administrative Tools (via either Control Panel or Start Menu)
select "Local Security Policy". From there go into the "Security Options".
There is a policy titled "Rename Administrator Account"......

Hope that helps
Dan Bostic
mrdanbostic@comcast.net

"Curt" <grossc98@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:c78001c27b10$acdf1730$2ae2c90a@phx.gbl...
> Thanks but I'm unable to find that particular action as
> yet. Can you give more specific procedure(s)???
>
> regards,
>
> Curt
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >There is a setting in your local security options to
> allow
> >for the rename of admin...
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>I recently received a new Panasonic laptop with Windows
> >2K
> >>Pro. My home office PC Gurus misspelled the logon on
> >name
> >>for the Administrator (they spelled it ADMINSTRATOR).
> >How
> >>do I change the spelling of Administrator without having
> >>to reload Windows 2K???? They haven't a clue and a
> >simple
> >>user such as I don't either but it is a pain correcting
> >>the spelling each time because Windows 2K is looking for
> >>the correct spelling???? What's up with that?
> >>
> >>thanks in advance,
> >>Curt
> >>
> >>.
> >>
> >.
> >

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