When I first powered up my new Dell Inspiron 1420, it asks for a user name.
It stores it as the administrator user name. I changed it under user
profiles, but when I go to "user accounts" and click on the "configure
advanced user profile" tab on the left, it shows the original name I had
entered upon startup. Is there a way to change it to what I want it to be?
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Lyls

You'll first need to enable the "hidden" administrator account in
Vista:

To enable the build-in Administrator account, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, and then type cmd in the Start Search box.
2. In the search results list, right-click Command Prompt, and then
click Run as Administrator.
3. When you are prompted by User Account Control, click Continue.
4. At the command prompt, type net user administrator /active:yes, and
then press ENTER.
5. Type net user administrator <Password>, and then press ENTER.
Note: Please replace the <Password> tag with your passwords which you
want to set to administrator account.
6. Type exit, and then press ENTER.
7. Log off the current user account.

Once created, log into the administrator account and follow the prompts
to change the name of a user account. If you need the steps to do this
just let me know and I'll post that as well.

Snippets of this are from the Microsoft support site.


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..Joe

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Lyls

Changing the name of a user account is cosmetic only. The change will be
reflected at the log in screen and in Control Panel/User Accounts, but the
system will still display and recognize the old user account name only.

If you open Windows Explorer and go to C:\Users\youraccount, you will see
that the old name is still being used.

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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"Lyls" <Lyls.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6679459B-EB74-469D-8B4D-EAB833918F85@microsoft.com...
> When I first powered up my new Dell Inspiron 1420, it asks for a user
> name.
> It stores it as the administrator user name. I changed it under user
> profiles, but when I go to "user accounts" and click on the "configure
> advanced user profile" tab on the left, it shows the original name I had
> entered upon startup. Is there a way to change it to what I want it to be?
> --
> Lyls

So is there any way to change it, even though it's just cosmetic?
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Lyls


"Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:

> Lyls
>
> Changing the name of a user account is cosmetic only. The change will be
> reflected at the log in screen and in Control Panel/User Accounts, but the
> system will still display and recognize the old user account name only.
>
> If you open Windows Explorer and go to C:\Users\youraccount, you will see
> that the old name is still being used.
>
> --
>
> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Desktop Experience
>
>
> "Lyls" <Lyls.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6679459B-EB74-469D-8B4D-EAB833918F85@microsoft.com...
> > When I first powered up my new Dell Inspiron 1420, it asks for a user
> > name.
> > It stores it as the administrator user name. I changed it under user
> > profiles, but when I go to "user accounts" and click on the "configure
> > advanced user profile" tab on the left, it shows the original name I had
> > entered upon startup. Is there a way to change it to what I want it to be?
> > --
> > Lyls
>

use the admin account you can log on with and reset the other other accounts
password using MMC. or you can delete the account and make ur self a new
one. The problem is that you have used the wrong password or misspelled it
and the account has been disabled.
for remote assistance use this email to find me on windows messanger
matthew.a.owens.RemoveThis-AT-mttnokc.com

"Lyls" <Lyls.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6679459B-EB74-469D-8B4D-EAB833918F85@microsoft.com...
> When I first powered up my new Dell Inspiron 1420, it asks for a user
> name.
> It stores it as the administrator user name. I changed it under user
> profiles, but when I go to "user accounts" and click on the "configure
> advanced user profile" tab on the left, it shows the original name I had
> entered upon startup. Is there a way to change it to what I want it to be?
> --
> Lyls