user profiles ? odd after clean install

[sargan]

After a HDD faillure, carried out a clean install ..

Now however I have ended up with some 'odd' account naming.

I have in C:\users (Jack is administrator and PC is named home-pc

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W7 is putting my files in the last entry .."Jack.Jack-home-pc"


How I rename this to be just 'Jack' and delete the 'unused 'Jack'

 

[gregrocker]

Go to Control Panel>User Accounts and change the name. IS there more than one User account?

However if this is the owner account set up during install or OEM setup it will likely not change the name in Explorer until after reinstall for security reasons.

Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7

 

[sargan]

This doesn't make sense ... if I go to ctl panel ... it only lists 3 accounts that I think should be there ..
Jill, Jack & Guest

It does not list jack.jack-home-pc

yet that is where it puts all my files ... if I look in the 'jack account'; folder is empty

 

[gregrocker]

What is listed when you click Start>Computer>C>Users?

What other users are listed besides Jack?

Also rightclick Computer check Properties for exact Computer name. It sounds like you actually named it Jack-home-PC

 

[sargan]

Ok .. here it is with actual names ..

 

[gregrocker]

My guess is you somehow jumbled the name when naming your computer and then setting up the owners account during install. Not knowing you'd already done this you must have created the two named Accounts in addition.

I would simply rename the active Jack account to what you want it and delete the other one. As I said earlier you cannot delete the owner's account set up first during install for security reasons, likely the Jack.Jack-Home-PC account also which carried over the PC name you gave it. So I'd rename and keep that one.

 

[sargan]

That is the issue .. and where I was trying to get to ... the account that is in use ...(mine)
is "jack.jack-home-pc" I want to simply have it as 'jack'

The one that shows as 'Jack' is empty so I can delete that.

How do I rename it ... if I go to Control Panel > user accounts ... it does not even show up there ?

 

[gregrocker]

Click on Manage another Account, highlight the Account, then Change the Account Name.

 

[sargan]

I can't highlight it ... it does not even show as an account ..

 

[gregrocker]

Then I would start over and follow these steps to Clean Install Windows 7, making sure to get the PC name and User accounts differentiated. Something went wrong during install.

 

[sargan]

Just did a clean install a week ago ... taken days to get everything up and running .. really don't want to do it again.

 

[gregrocker]

I really don't know how an active User account could be hidden in User Accounts.

Are either of the other two accounts showing as an Admin account type?

 

[sargan]

The 'active account' Jack.Jack-Home-PC is mine and administrator.

The other account 'Jill' is non administrator

The account listed 'Jack' is empty ... nothing in folder

 

[gregrocker]

So in Control Panel>User Accounts click on Jack and Delete the account. Allow it to save any files to desktop just in case something is in there you need.

Then click on Jack.Jack-home-PC to Rename to Jack.

 

[sargan]

This is the problem ... user account (ctl panel) it dopes not show my account as jack.jack.home-pc

it only shows 2 accounts Jack (administrator) and Jill

I'm beginning to think it it something to do with workgroups ...

 

[gregrocker]

Possibly. Do you have another computer by that name with that account name?

If so Turn off sharing in Network and Sharing Center>Advanced Options on the remote computer to see if it goes away.

But I'd copy your user Folders into the other Jack (Admin) first.

 

[sargan]

No .. no other computers connected to this.

In the 'Jack' users folder there is nothing, it's empty

This is what started me trying to solve this ... I expected all my stuff to be in there ... as that is what 'appears' I log into on start up (only 'Jack' offered) yet all my stuff is actually in jack.jack.home-pc
The user folder C:\users \ Jack is empty

 

[gregrocker]

It would have to be a network listing if it's not listed in User Accounts.

Turn off all sharing in Network and Sharing to be sure.

 

[sargan]

It says "this computer is joined to a home group"

Is the the problem?


On boot up there are 3 accounts ... Guest, Jack & Jill
Jack is administrator.
In users and groups only these are listed.

In C:\users ... there is Jack, Jill, and "Jack.jack.home-pc" each with a 'lock symbol
There is also Public & default (hidden)

All of my files are going into "Jack.Jack-home-pc"

If I go into Jill, or Public I see standard folder structure .... if I go into "Jack" it is empty.

All programs are by default putting things (i,e saved mail, doc, bookmarks) into C:\users\Jack.Jack-home-pc

 

[gregrocker]

It's possible the active User folder is from another computer on the network. In order to find out you need to disconnect from the network to see.