Re: Changing User profile name

From: Malke (invalid_at_not-real.com)
Date: 08/21/05 

Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 16:29:33 -0700

Norman wrote:

> 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

It is better to create a new user account with the name you want and
copy the original user account to that. Assuming that this is a
standalone machine (not on a domain), create your new account and then
log into it once. Now log in as a user different from the new account
and the one from which you are copying. Here's a link with full
details:

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

Malke 

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