Changing User profile name

From: Norman (Norman_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/21/05 

Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 15:32:01 -0700

Is it possible to change the name of a user profile on XP home sp2 I log in
as administrator, and the profile that I want to change has the two options
delete and copy greyed out. I go into C:\Documents and Settings and try to
rename the profile folder and get the message that it is a system folder and
can't be renamed.
does anyone have any suggestions ?
Thank you
Norm

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