is this guy just ignoring all who say "acct name isn't listed"?? He gets you gon in the right direction, which is awesome.. So to all not seeing it, just click acct type choose you acct and the option will be there... just had to dig a lil bit deeper is all.
Change the name of a local account To change how your name appears on the lock screen: Select the Start button, type Control Panel, and select Control Panel from the list of results. Select User Accounts, and then select Change account type. Select the account you want to change, select Properties, and then enter a new name for User name. Select OK.
It's March 2020 there are only three options: 1. Change your account type. 2. Manage another account & 3. Change User Account Control settings. Can't do it.
I don't have the option to change my account name on the "user accounts" page, it only shows "manage another account" and "change user account control settings. can someone help?
same. My username has a password even though I never set a password, I only set a PIN. I need to know my password because I want to make a backup using a "network location". They don't make it easy
I was also having trouble changing my account user name. Havent been able to change it since I bought my computer (2yeard ago😓) But I saw a tutorial by majorgeeks and it helped me! Here is step by step! Window key + r Type: netplwiz Click "properties" Input the name that u want in the "Full name" section and that's it! Restart your computer and you should be able to see your new account name
Check if there is change account type.. Then click it. Then inside that option again change account type. Then the local account administrator icon with current name will appear click on it. Left side you may find change the account name option.. This was my PC case
I have microsoft account name logged in and there is no option in the control panel to change my account name. my microsoft account requires me to fill in the "last name" part which I want only to display my username / first name. is there a way to do this?
Thank you this was super simple. Right to the point for one of the options. Thank you so much! I watched other videos and did not work with computer I had. Was getting way too complicated.
is it important to have a microsoft account? whats the benefit of it? I have a new PC workstation coming from mac, and I'm trying to make sense of what is needed to be done
thanks lol. u have to change the name on the classic setting in Control Panel and not the Windows 10 default setting. its confusing me that I go search of how to change the name. thumbs up for u
Somehow my grandsons name got changed on my desktop to his outlook email as administrator n Idk how to delete him off. He’s under my username but his photo n email is on my computer when I startup.Can u help me out?
Help* For some reason when I am on the page in 0:57 I only see Change your account type Manage another account Change user control settings Do note that I am the admin for my laptop so I don't know why I can't change it
The 1st option you showed didn't even give me the option to change my name. The second option you showed worked I can't believe it finally. Thank you sir
im using a Microsoft account i did what you said it only shows the updated username on the website not the pc i restarted the pc and everything it wont change
Thanks for quick, clear and straightforward video without the need of jumping three minutes forward just to get to the solution. I don't have Microsoft Account and was desperate how to change that name. Thanks for saving my sanity.
Hey, this works, thanks! But there is one major issue, every time I open a folder or text document on my PC it directly says "Users\*OldAccountNameHere*" even though I think it's supposed to be my new updated name. Tried everything, hope you can help me because my old account name is my last name and it makes me uncomfortable seeing that when I open the folders.
Will this change my username on some games I got with pc's xbox gamepass? I want to change my name from 2dbfe0c9b304415f88b5 to something smaller and easier to remember
Everything else is there on my computer and is just like this. I followed this process step by step but when go to User Accounts, the only thing that does NOT show up is "Change your account name". Wtf?
Thx so much dude a quick tip to some people who are using this technique make sure you restart your pc or laptop and the name you changed will appear on your screen.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I recently got a new computer and I've been trying ALL day. I even called and spoke with Google One and they had NO IDEA!!! YOU'RE AMAZING!!! THANKS AGAIN!! 😊
“Change your account name” is not here in my laptop, only “change your account type”, “Manage another account”, and “Change User Account Control Settings”🤷🏻♂️
i was able to get to user accounts and everything shown was there except for change account name so i wasnt able to change mine. is anyone else experiencing this problem?
