how to change user name?

thanks for the quick reply tiger, but the "user accounts" does not effect it at all, the user account has my name on it but it still says Tim when I try to log in windows. I am running XP SP2 btw. also another example is when i open a folder and it shows the path, it would look like this "C:\Documents and Settings\Tim\My Documents\My Music" where it says "Tim" i want to change that to another name, is that possible?

It may vary depending on your OS and how it's configured, but you should be able to rename accounts in the "User Accounts" control panel in XP-should be similar in Vista.

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@TonyH1985 wrote:
thanks for the quick reply tiger, but the "user accounts" does not effect it at all, the user account has my name on it but it still says Tim when I try to log in windows.

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It should.  I just double checked on mine, and it does change the log in name. (Depending on how you log in the old name might still appear in the username box the first time you log in with the new name.) The actual folders used aren't changed as that could break installed programs, etc.

The easiest/safest thing to do if you want those changed would be to create a new account with the name you want, copy over files you need, and delete the old account.

thanks for the tips guys, ill give your method a try tiger. and aussie, yea im not good with registry and i know that method would work how i want it too but its kinda risky and unless i have perfect step by step instructions i dont want to risk that, thanks tho!