USER I.D. Management In Windows XP

[rkwingo]

I changed the name of my original logon user I.D. (Windows XP SP2). I noticed under the Documents And Settings folder that it still shows the name of the previous I.D.. Can I just rename the folder, or will it cause a problem? If I transfer files from this PC at a later date, will the settings transfer to the right I.D.?

THANKS

[Miz]

As you have discovered, changing the name of a user account is only cosmetic; it doesn't change anything as far as the file system and Windows are concerned.

If you want to get rid of the old name completely, you need to follow the steps in the MS KB article, How to copy data from a corrupted user profile to a new profile. That will make the new account with the new name into a clone of the old account. Although the account you want to clone isn't corrupt, the steps are the same.