Changing my account name


  1. Posts : 63
    windows 7 home premium
       #1

    Changing my account name


    Just got a new Windows 7 (home premium) 64 bit desktop.

    When I started my setup, the first user account I created I cleverly (I thought) called it
    i7
    Later on, I realized I probably should have used the same user name as on all my other computers
    Michael

    So, I went into control panel and then users and changed the name.

    BUT, the name of the folder under the USER folder remained "i7" and I've come to discover (via another posting here) that if the USER and PASSWORD were the same on all my machines, sharing would be simpler.....much simpler!

    So, the QUESTION: Any way to easily change everything to be MICHAEL instead of USER. When I try to change the folder name, it's locked.
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  2. Posts : 5,747
    7600.20510 x86
       #2

    You can change the name of the account as you did, but that folder's name can not be changed. It is necessary for Windows to keep it there as is.

    What you can do is rename the account back to the original. Then, create a new account with any new name you'd like.
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  3. Posts : 63
    windows 7 home premium
    Thread Starter
       #3

    OK. I'd then want to move everything to the new account. Might that create problems?
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  4. Posts : 5,747
    7600.20510 x86
       #4

    You can change the user name of the original account and not worry about the folder name.

    It should work as you want - same user name and password as other machine - even though the folder name is different than the "new" account name.
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  5. Posts : 63
    windows 7 home premium
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Actually, I had already changed the user name to
    MICHAEL
    So, the user name and password were the same as all my other machines, but I couldn't access across the network.
    If I were to create a new user who is an administrator, move everything from the original user/i7 folder to the new USER/MICHAEL folder, could I then delete the i7 user?
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  6. Posts : 5,807
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64 - Mac OS X 10.6.4 x64
       #6

    Newmarket2 said:
    Actually, I had already changed the user name to
    MICHAEL
    So, the user name and password were the same as all my other machines, but I couldn't access across the network.
    If I were to create a new user who is an administrator, move everything from the original user/i7 folder to the new USER/MICHAEL folder, could I then delete the i7 user?
    Yes you could
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