MS-DOS prompt says C:/Documents and Settings/Pattie >

There was never any user on my computer named Patti.  I have two user accounts on my computer, have never been Patti. So how is my prompt MSDOS keep tell me who?  Is somewhere in my system, this username?  Is it possible to remove this?

You discover the difference between a 'user name' and a 'profile '. When a new user is created, a profile is also created with a matching name.  Later the user name can be changed/renamed to something else.  This changes the user name, but the profile name does not change.  So apparently the user that you have problems with a was created originally as 'Cake' then renamed later.  This does not affect what anyone; But if you want to remove it, it's not horribly difficult - but you may need to create yet another username in the process or rename your user name before you start...

To repair this claim that your current username (or 'Cake' user profile) is corrupted or damaged.  Then follow the steps in the following article:

"How to recover damaged Windows XP user profile"
  < http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555473="">

HTH,
JW

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