Change administrator name to "Administrator"

I have Vista and I accidentally put my name in as the administrator when I
setup my laptop, for work purposes it's supposed to be named "Administrator".
I try to change it but I get a message "The specified account name is not
valid, because there is already an account with that name. Please try a
different name". Is there a way to change it? Any help is greatly appreciated
because I don't want to reinstall.

Thanks!!

rainyangel175;645337 Wrote:

> I have Vista and I accidentally put my name in as the administrator when
> I
> setup my laptop, for work purposes it's supposed to be named
> "Administrator".
> I try to change it but I get a message "The specified account name is
> not
> valid, because there is already an account with that name. Please try a
> different name". Is there a way to change it? Any help is greatly
> appreciated
> because I don't want to reinstall.
>
> Thanks!!

Hi RainAngel,

You cannot name a user account Administrator with a capitol A. It is
reserved for the hidden built-in Administrator account. You can use a
short "Admin" version of it, or what you did with a lower case a.

This will show you how to enable the built-in Administrator account if
you must have a user account with that name.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67...r-account.html

Hope this helps you,
Shawn


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I was able to change the name to admin, but cannot change it to
"administrator", unfortunately our business uses "administrator" as the local
adminstrator account. Is there any way around this? I appreciate all your
help!!

"Brink" wrote:

>
> rainyangel175;645337 Wrote:

>
> Hi RainAngel,
>
> You cannot name a user account Administrator with a capitol A. It is
> reserved for the hidden built-in Administrator account. You can use a
> short "Admin" version of it, or what you did with a lower case a.
>
> This will show you how to enable the built-in Administrator account if
> you must have a user account with that name.
>
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67...r-account.html
>
> Hope this helps you,
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> Brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> '*Vista Forums*' (http://www.vistax64.com/index.php?referrerid=2980)
> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>

rainyangel175 wrote:

> I have Vista and I accidentally put my name in as the administrator when I
> setup my laptop, for work purposes it's supposed to be named "Administrator".
> I try to change it but I get a message "The specified account name is not
> valid, because there is already an account with that name. Please try a
> different name". Is there a way to change it? Any help is greatly appreciated
> because I don't want to reinstall.
>
> Thanks!!

Why do you want two accounts with the same name? There's already a
built-in account named "Administrator."


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rainyangel175 wrote:

> I was able to change the name to admin, but cannot change it to
> "administrator", unfortunately our business uses "administrator" as the local
> adminstrator account. Is there any way around this? I appreciate all your
> help!!

Then (leaving aside the abysmally poor practice, security-wise, of
using such an account for anything but emergencies) why not just use the
built-in Administrator account, since that's exactly what it is: the
local administrator account.


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safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot

rainyangel175;646014 Wrote:

> I was able to change the name to admin, but cannot change it to
> "administrator", unfortunately our business uses "administrator" as the
> local
> adminstrator account. Is there any way around this? I appreciate all
> your
> help!!
>
> "Brink" wrote:

The only way that I can see for you to have that exact name is to
enable the built-in Administrator account. It has the name
"Administrator" by default.

Shawn


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> Why do you want two accounts with the same name? There's already a
> built-in account named "Administrator."
>
>
> --
>
> Bruce Chambers

When I started the computer I choose my name as the administrator. When I go
into users I only see my name and guest. I tried to create a new user with
the name administrator but it gave me the same message as before (that name
already exists). How do I find the Administrator account? I would like to
change the password for it. Thanks for your help!

rainyangel175 wrote:

>
>
>
> When I started the computer I choose my name as the administrator. When I go
> into users I only see my name and guest. I tried to create a new user with
> the name administrator but it gave me the same message as before (that name
> already exists). How do I find the Administrator account? I would like to
> change the password for it. Thanks for your help!

By design, the only way to log into the Administrator account of
WinXP Home is to reboot into Safe Mode. For WinXP Pro, pressing
CTRL+ALT+DEL twice at the Welcome Screen will produce the standard login
dialog box, into which you'd type "Administrator."


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safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot

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