Windows 10: User Account Question

Hello,
I've just purchased a used computer running Windows 10 Pro. It has under C: Users a folder named "Keith" from the previous owner. How can I change that folder to my name ? I've created a new User Account in my name and have logged in using that but the Keith folder is still there and a folder for my new account is not there. Can someone please help me get the user folder in my name or have my new user account folder show up please ? Thank you....or I could just change my name to Keith........*Tongue

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Window users account questions

I had to rebuild with keep files option to get my PC working again. My PC after the update from Microsoft crashed my computer doing that blue stop error screen error.

I now feel something is off and not working right cause I had 2 users accounts over sudden. At finishing the rebuild only had one until another update then when the PC came back up I had 2. So the following info is from a command promt someone said to
do.

Any one can tell me if its OK or am I on the wrong account? Its says administrator only and I cant give my account a name as I could before crash when I first set up the PC.

Also, I worry about the password expiring part. Is that OK or is my PC compromised?

Thanks for anyhelp given.

Copied info follows:

Trying with the User name command it showed the following for first account.

C;\Users\Administrator>net user “administrator”

User name Administrator

Full Name Spot was blank

Comment Built-in account for administering the computer domain

Users comment Spot was blank

Country/region code 000 (System Default)

Account active yes

Account expires never

Password last set 3/10/2018 4:28:14 PM

Password expires 4/10/2018 same time listed

Password changeable same as set date

Password required yes

User may change password yes

Workstation allowed All

Logon script was blank

User profile was blank

Home directory was blank

Last log on 3/23/2018 1:00;16 Pm

Logon hours allowed All

Local group memberships *Administrators

Global Group membership *None

The command completed successfully.

Then user account list full way it said the following:

Account type=522

Description=Built-in account for administering the computer /domain

Disabled=False

Domain=Desktop (had numbers not adding in case of identifying security safety)

FullName= was blank

InstallDate was blank

LocalAccount=TRUE

Lockout=FALSE

Name=Administrator

PassworChangable=TRUE

PasswordExpire=TRUE

PassworRequired=TRUE

SID=S- had numbers (not adding in case of identifying security safety)

SIDType+1

Status=OK

 

Windows 10 User Account question..

Barbara,

You are mixing up some terms so I hope you don't mind if I explain a few things before addressing your questions.

1 A user account can be

- Local [i.e. it exists only on the computer] or

- MSAccount-linked [i.e. you have an MSAccount and you have chosen to use that to sign in to your computer as well]

The choice of local / MSAccount-linked has no bearing on whether or not an account is an Admin-level one.

2 A user account can be a

- Standard user account [you have to put in an Admin account's password in order to do some tasks such as installing software]

- Admin-level user account [you have to confirm permission to proceed in a Yes/No dialog box in order to do some tasks such as installing software]

The choice of Standard / Admin has no bearing on whether an account is local or MSAccount-linked.

3 Even if your user account is an Admin one, when you sign into it, you are treated as a Standard user. You will only see the difference when you get challenged during, for example, installations -

- a Standard user would have to put in an Admin account's password to give permission to proceed, whilst

- an Admin user would just have to click OK to give permission to proceed.

When permission to proceed is given, it applies only to the task stated in the permissions dialog.

4 In Settings, Accounts, Your info you will see whether the currently logged in user account is Local or email address [meaning MSAccount-linked] and whether it is Standard or Admin.

5 In Settings, Accounts, Family & other people you should see all the other user accounts on the computer. The list identifies them as Admin / Standard and Local / email address [meaning MSAccount-linked].
This list does not include the currently logged in user account.

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6 "Went to Settings (My info) and it had "Administrator". Went to Family / Other people and it had "Local Account". So what do I have- a Local Account (which is a regular user/non administrative) or a Administrative account?"
- you are comparing apples & pears here. Your info only showed you the currently logged in user account whilst
Family etc only showed you all the other user accounts on the computer.

7 There is no such thing as a dual account. If, as I suspect, you just want to be ready to give Admin permission to proceed when installing software etc then you are already set up that way. That is how Windows works - an Admin user logs in and is treated
as a Standard user until Admin permission is required for anything at which stage the dialog asking for permission to proceed appears and you can click on OK. Since the permission applies only to the task identified in the permissions dialog, you remain in
Standard user mode for all other tasks. So you can give Admin permission to run an installation but carry on with whatever else you are doing as a Standard user.

8 You are correct in stating that Windows 10 Home does not have the Local Users and Groups facility. We have
Settings, Accounts and Control panel**, User accounts. [** Right-click on the
Start button then select Control panel. It can also be handy setting the
View to in the upper right of the Control panel window to Small icons so that you can see everything at once.] We also have a set of
net user commands we can enter in Command prompt windows but these need to be studied properly as using them improperly can cause all sorts of problems.

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9 It can be risky only having a single Admin account on the computer. If the "user profile" gets corrupted then you might not be able to sign in to the computer at all. It is useful to create an additional password-protected user account [in
Settings, Accounts, Family & other people] then make it Admin - you create the new account then click on its entry [still in
Settings, Accounts, Family & other people], select
Change account type and make it an Admin account. Make sure you write the password down somewhere as you might not use that account for years if ever.

Has this answered everything for you?

Denis

 

Hi, this may help (and notes on folders in the second article):

How to Rename a User Account in Windows 10 Ten User

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/i...c-a5e7af17d094

Always make sure you create/update a disk image (Macrium Reflect - free, + boot medium + external storage for backups) before making significant changes.

 

Thanks for the reply but the account I created yesterday is the only one showing up in User Accounts. Owner/Keith does not show. All I want to do is change the folder name in the Users folder to my name. If it's going to be complicated I'll just live with everything going into the folder named keith.......

 

Hi, if you created a new user with a different identity, I find it hard to understand how there cannot be a folder with the name you specified.

For example, I log in with a live id (email and password) and my user folders are under my first name.

Please try this experiment:
Launch explorer.
In the address bar type
%Appdata%
Now click the address bar, and copy and paste what you see.

Mine's
C:\Users\David\AppData\Roaming
which includes my first name.

Does yours include Keith or sthg you have entered?

We need to be sure what's going on before deleting sthg that would make things difficult!

 

Mine shows as Marc Hoppe\AppData\Roaming but it looks like the account was placed on the Desktop not in the Users Folder although there is not folder on the desktop and everything is still going in to the 'keith' folders

 

Ok I've added a shortcut to my user account on my desktop but it's still not showing in C: Users

 

Hi, Something is clearly corrupted if you can't (apparently) correctly create a new user account, and there must be sthg pointing you to the Keith folders- perhaps an environmental variable. Hopefully you will see Keith in one of the following to explain one part of what you're seeing.

It could be helpful if you can give your complete literal paths for the following environmental variables:

Variable My path Your path %HOMEPATH% C:\Users\David %APPDATA% C:\Users\David\AppData\Roaming %ALLUSERSPROFILE% C:\ProgramData %LOCALAPPDATA% C:\Users\David\AppData\Local %PUBLIC% C:\Users\Public %USERNAME% David %USERPROFILE% C:\Users\David To evaluate %USERNAME% & %USERPROFILE% open a command prompt and type
echo %USERNAME%
echo %USERPROFILE%

Also right click on Documents, click Properties, click Location, and post the complete path you see.

If not obvious from this, this is looking like you need help from someone who's dealt with such issues in more depth.

 

My advice to people who bought a used computer has always been this................... do a Clean Install.
Regardless of how trustworthy the seller is, you do not want to inherit the "baggage" that comes with the computer.
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1...n-install.html

Before you do a clean install...........................
Backup the files you want to keep first.
Do a System Image backup using the Windows 10 own built-in program, or the "de facto" Macrium Reflect so dearly recommended by majority of our members.

 

Ummmm thanks guys. I'll just leave things the way they are. The story behind this computer is it was refurbished by an Authorized Microsoft Refurbisher but before the owner could use it he passed away. It was then purchased at an estate sale and I bought it from that person. There is almost nothing on the drive except Office 2013 which I did not get a reinstall disk for (it appears to be a legitimate install). I've installed a license for Bitdefender Total Security 2016 ( I have this on four other computers and love it). I've done a complete system scan and it's clean. So since all I'm going to ask of this computer is to check e-mail, surf the net and maybe do some spreadsheets I think I'll just leave things the way they are. It's not that big of as deal the folder is named Keith instead of Marc. I think the risk of messing something up doesn't justify the reward of having a folder in a different name. The system seems to be performing perfectly so if it ain't broke..............Anyway thanks a lot for the help. I appreciate it a great deal. *Smile