Windows 10 user name

Question

Hello all!

I just finished installing Win 10 Pro on a computer and am using my MS account to login. By default, the install process made this account Administrator and gave it the user name "ssalv".

How can I change "ssalv" to another name? Thank you, Saga

Answer 1

Press Windows key + R, type: netplwiz or control userpasswords2 then hit Enter.

Select the account, then click Properties.

Select the General tab then enter the user name you want to use. Click Apply then OK, then click Apply then OK again to confirm the change.

Answer 2

The simplest solution may be to navigate here and create a new account with desired name.

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Answer 3

Hello @Saga

You could open Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\User Accounts

-Select the General tab then enter the user name you want to change.

-Click Apply then OK, then click Apply then OK again to confirm the change.

Best Regards
Karlie

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Answer 4

Hi,

I've got a corporate computer with the account managed by Microsoft. The problem is that my username has special characters and that's giving me lots of problems with several apps that do not support these path names.

I tried this solution, but unfortunately I cannot see the general tab in the User accounts properties window.

Is there anything else I can do? or do I have to check with my administrator?

Thank you very much.

Kind regards,

Carlos