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Username in XP install process
Name: Gswiss Date: December 3, 2006 at 13:00:57 Pacific OS: xp home sp2 CPU/Ram: 2.8Ghz / 1 GB Product: Asus P4P800 Deluxe MB
Comment:
When I installed XP I was asked for a username. It’s the one which appears under “Documents and Settings”. I made a spelling mistake and now that everything is installed, I would like to apply the correction.
Is it okay to apply the correction in all hits I get in the Registry (after a search with Resplendent Registrar, for example) or will things backfire in this case?
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Response Number 3
Name: CyberSlug Date: December 3, 2006 at 13:58:09 Pacific
Reply:
I'd personally create an account with the name spelled right, then copy the profile: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/dupprofil... (If you cannot logon as "built-in Administrator"--XP Home seems to prevent that except in safe mode--you may need to create and log on under a third account so you can perform the copy operation via the control.)
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Response Number 4
Name: XpUser Date: December 3, 2006 at 16:12:52 Pacific
Reply:
You cannot change the default account name...exzcept by reinstalling Windows from scratch.
i_XpUser
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Response Number 5
Name: Gswiss Date: December 4, 2006 at 04:37:24 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks for the tips. What do you folks have to say about XpUser's comment on not being able to change default account name?
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Response Number 6
Name: rrlyon Date: December 5, 2006 at 12:07:35 Pacific
Reply:
What XpUser means is that you can change the displayed and logon name in user accounts, but not change the name of the user directory in "documents and settings". That directory is a master and not able to be changed as noted by a reinstall. Doing registry edits as indicated can crash the system and make logons not possible.
Richard
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Response Number 7
Name: Gswiss Date: December 7, 2006 at 10:46:52 Pacific
Reply:
I was unable to carry out these changes this week and will do so next week.
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Response Number 8
Name: Gswiss Date: December 17, 2006 at 08:23:23 Pacific
Reply:
I couldn't work on this item after all. I ran into more important problems such as not being able to boot into Safe Mode.
I'll report back around mid-January.
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Response Number 9
Name: Gswiss Date: February 18, 2007 at 05:00:24 Pacific
Reply:
I will have to reinstall XP because of this impossibilty of booting into Safe Mode.
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