Change user settings

I changed the username on my computer of the person who is there in front of me in my name but when I connect the computer, its name still appears.  Is there a different way, I cannot change my name.

Any help is appreciated.

Thank you.

Hi Jane,

Thanks for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I will be happy to answer your question, let me ask you;

  • How did you change the name of the user?

Step 1: You can follow the steps below and check:

  1. To open user accounts, click the Start button , click Control Panel, click user accounts and family safety, click user accounts, and then click change your account name. If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
  2. Type the new name, and then click Rename.

Notes:

(i) you cannot change the name of the guest account.

(ii) a user name cannot be longer than 20 characters, consist entirely of periods or spaces, or contain any of the following characters: \ / "[]: |" <> + = ; , ? * @

Step 2:

  1. Press Windows key + R, and type control userpasswords2 click OK
  2. Select the user name you want to change the name, and then click Properties
  3. More write the new name and click OK and then click apply
  4. Restart the computer to check

Hope this information is useful. Please feel free to answer in the case where you are facing in the future other problems with Windows.

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