01-31-2005, 10:23 PM
I bought myself a computer some time ago (really more than a year ago). It
has Windows XP (home) installed and would like to change the account used to
log in to it. It is basically the administration account as far as I
understand or the one created when installing windows. Since the computer
was one that is bought through the company I work at (basically that is the company buys it, then the employer lease it thorugh them and get a tax deduction on the price based on income tax, ends up really cheap in most cases), they installed windows in the shop BUT, they happened to use my
name for the account. I really don't like that and want to change it (it seems I can't just create a new admin acount and delete the old one either). So
basically, the account has my name, and for example the folder in "document
and settings" has my name. I can of course change the login name of the
account, but that will not change folder names and such. Basically I want to
remove references to my name in folders and various settings. In addition,
they also used the company's name in various places as the "company" that
one can fill in upon installation. I note that when I installed my own copy
of MS office since it already filled in suggested name and company info upon
installation. So I would also like to change such information about the user
from the account. Since it is a private computer with no relation to the
company, I don't like the company's name to appear in for example documents
or other places. So, anyone has some help, hints or ideas on how to make
such a change as I want safe from reinstalling everything?
has Windows XP (home) installed and would like to change the account used to
log in to it. It is basically the administration account as far as I
understand or the one created when installing windows. Since the computer
was one that is bought through the company I work at (basically that is the company buys it, then the employer lease it thorugh them and get a tax deduction on the price based on income tax, ends up really cheap in most cases), they installed windows in the shop BUT, they happened to use my
name for the account. I really don't like that and want to change it (it seems I can't just create a new admin acount and delete the old one either). So
basically, the account has my name, and for example the folder in "document
and settings" has my name. I can of course change the login name of the
account, but that will not change folder names and such. Basically I want to
remove references to my name in folders and various settings. In addition,
they also used the company's name in various places as the "company" that
one can fill in upon installation. I note that when I installed my own copy
of MS office since it already filled in suggested name and company info upon
installation. So I would also like to change such information about the user
from the account. Since it is a private computer with no relation to the
company, I don't like the company's name to appear in for example documents
or other places. So, anyone has some help, hints or ideas on how to make
such a change as I want safe from reinstalling everything?
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