You may wish to do this
for no other reason than you??™ve simply gotten tired of seeing your name in
huge, blazing letters in the Start menu.
Two caveats: first, in each successive version of Windows
since Windows 2000, Microsoft has gone to greater lengths
to discourage use of the Administrator account, which may
complicate your efforts to upgrade to Vista??™s successor. Second,
one of the reasons Microsoft has tried to get rid of the
Administrator account is that having a common username
(and Administrator would be the most common) might be
seen as a security risk, and it could make it easier for someone
to break in to your PC.
If you??™ve already started using the Administrator account, and you want to
change the name of your account without creating and breaking in a
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brand-new account, then you can rename it. If you??™re using Windows Vista
Business or Ultimate, open the Local Security Policy window (secpol.msc),
go to Local Policies ??? Security Options, and double-click the Accounts:
Rename administrator account entry in the right pane.
If you??™re using Vista Home Basic and you don??™t have access to the Local
Users and Groups window, you can enable the Administrator account from
the Command Prompt. First, open a Command Prompt window in administrator
mode (explained earlier in this chapter) and at the prompt, type:
net user Administrator/active:yes
and press Enter.
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