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Can I change the user's Name and completely remove the old user name?
I installed Win 7 x32 with a user name "user1" a long time ago. At some point I changed the User's name to "Karen" to make it easier to spot on the home network, etc. The Computer Name ("Dell3100") has not changed.
Today I wanted to connect to the computer "Karen" using my workgroup (not a homegroup). All of my other computers now share with workgroup. However, the computer "Karen" does not require a password to logon so when I tried to connect via the workgroup, I got a popup box asking for the Credentials to Connect. I need to enter the User Name and Password to connect to "Dell3100". And I and wife don't know the password.
Anyways, I reset the password using the "Reset Forgotten Password" tutorial going into registry etc.. That worked, but I still could not access the computer Karen - windows would not accept the password.
Running "net users" I see that I don't have a User "Karen", I have a user "user1". So i used that user name with the new password and I'm connected. All is good.
But how do I get rid of "user1" and replace with "Karen"? Can this be done?