help with changing name windows xp

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i hope that i am posting this on the right forum.. if not please forgive me... i have just bought a used laptop... it works great its a dell inspiron 1100 its really a great laptop...however when i got it the lady that had it was into crazy things so i had to clean the system out... what i really want to do is get rid of her name from the laptop... now i did on some of it.. like i went into the registry and found her name there... and changed it... now when i run system it shows my name... but there is one folder that i can not get her name off of and that is on c/documents and settings there is a folder name with her name i have tried to rename it and i get this messege i hope there is a way to change this without causing any computer problems... i have not start up disk for this laptop... sorry again if i posted this on the wrong board... new at this... thank you tina

4fluke · Answer

Try this:   a)  click on 'Start' b)  click on 'Control Panel' c)  click on 'User Accounts' d)  In the window that pops up, if her name is there (i.e.: Annette Bennet), click once on the name and then click on the 'Remove' button.  Affirm that you want to remove her, and then let the machine do its stuff.

tina2003 · Answer

no she doesnt have a user in there... just mine and asp.net something like that in there... the only thing that has her name on it is that folder i have search and searched the computer over and that is the only thing and when i go to delete it or change it tells me that messeage... even when i go to connect as remote assistance it has her name... i really do not want to reformat to get rid of her name i dont even have start disk... and taking it in to have it done is so bad around her the last time i took my pc the man took my hard drive and memory and replaced it with junk and told me i didnt know my computer.. ugh... so i really would like to do this on my own but formost without causing a crash or problems that would lead me to reformatting... thanks for replying...

speter60 · Answer

Hi I had the same problem,The problem is that you renamed the original account,to fix it ,I started in safe mode ,selected administrator for the logon,created a new account with administrat\tor priviledge,logged on with that logon(Safe mode) Then you can delete the other account,You will lose any documents and settings stored in the old account,including music,desktop settings,to see what you will lose you can logon with the new identity before you delete the user files from the old logon.I'm not sure if safe mode is nessary,but that is how I did it

Scott

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