Changing Account Name on Vista?

iAskYou · 03-23-2008, 04:25 AM

Well I just got my new computer today running on Windows Vista Home Premium and I was just browsing through it since I had never used a computer running on Vista before. Then I noticed that my account name was "owner". So I went into Control Panel>User Accounts and changed it to my name. However when I went into Task Manager I noticed that it still said "owner" under User. My question is: how do I change that?

g25racer · 03-23-2008, 05:01 AM

Did you restart?

iAskYou · 03-24-2008, 01:46 AM

Yes I did. Also in my Users file (C:Users), it only contains owner and Public files.

[-0MEGA-] · 03-24-2008, 01:51 AM

AFAIK you can't. You can change the display name that is shown, but the original name is going to be stored unless you delete it and re-add it.

iAskYou · 03-24-2008, 02:06 AM

Oh. . .okay, thanks for the responses. Evil Vista.

ShoringFan · 03-26-2008, 03:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iAskYou

Well I just got my new computer today running on Windows Vista Home Premium and I was just browsing through it since I had never used a computer running on Vista before. Then I noticed that my account name was "owner". So I went into Control Panel>User Accounts and changed it to my name. However when I went into Task Manager I noticed that it still said "owner" under User. My question is: how do I change that?

Or you can create a new account, then copy the "owner" user folder to your new account.
Finally, dont forget to delete old user folder.

03-23-2008, 04:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
iAskYou New Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 3	Changing Account Name on Vista? Well I just got my new computer today running on Windows Vista Home Premium and I was just browsing through it since I had never used a computer running on Vista before. Then I noticed that my account name was "owner". So I went into Control Panel>User Accounts and changed it to my name. However when I went into Task Manager I noticed that it still said "owner" under User. My question is: how do I change that?

03-23-2008, 05:01 AM	#2 (permalink)
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03-24-2008, 01:51 AM	#4 (permalink)
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03-24-2008, 01:46 AM	#3 (permalink)
iAskYou New Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 3	Yes I did. Also in my Users file (C:Users), it only contains owner and Public files.

03-24-2008, 02:06 AM	#5 (permalink)
iAskYou New Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 3	Oh. . .okay, thanks for the responses. Evil Vista.