-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Changing username in xp home

  • From: "Barry Toner" <barrys.groups@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 01:38:00 +0100

Hiya cheers.

Damn Maplins!  lol

Dont' get me wrong it's no big big big hassle.  But just annoying.

They would have seen it was just called Barry before....
Barry
Who only likes being called Mr Toner by his bank and other professional
people who might give him money or a contract!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "~OoO~" <SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 12:56 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Changing username in xp home


> When you change the account name AFTER its created, all it really does is
> just that, changes the name. All the folders and settings stay the same.
> The profile folder has no way of converting everything to the new name.
Not
> that I know of, at least.
>
> ---Troth
>
> At 9/26/2003 07:08 PM, you wrote:
> >Hi all.
> >
> >Finally got my machine running correctly!  It's a flying machine now!  No
> >stalls, no bottle necks nothing!
> >
> >Just want to say thank you very much to everyone for your suggestions.  I
> >brought it down on Wednesday and they changed a hard drive they fitted
last
> >year.  I just sit here and smile when I see how fast audio is being
encoded,
> >video is playing seemlessly, while I read email and/or browse the net or
> >copy files from hard drive to hard drive or burn a cd.
> >
> >Now my question.
> >
> >When they re-installed XP the main account is called, "Mr Toner".  I've
went
> >into User Acounts and changed this to Barry but even thoguht it has
changed
> >it still has Mr Toner's documents and when i log in the processes are
being
> >ran by Mr Toner.  Is there anyway to remedy this without deleting this
> >account which  would probably cause me no end of hassles.
> >
> >Cheers
> >Barry
> >
> >
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