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What to do after renaming Admin account?

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by snarayanan

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Ok, I renamed the Admin account in my server or workstation. What next? Do I have to go into each directory and remove Administrator account from the Security tab and add the new name with the same security settings?
Does windows automatically recognize new name and replace the Administrator account?

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by fedya

Yes, windows automaticaly recognize new name. This is because in ACLs (list you see on Security tab) Windows keeps only SIDs, but not names, of accounts. When you rename accounts name is changed, but SID is preserved.

you can check it: rename account and go to security tab, and you will see that name is changed automatically.

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feodor trubetskoy

by pan 13 x

any account you rename in windows 2000 is replaced on the security level. The only problem you can run into is if you delete an account and try to recreate it , windows can not do that.
there is nothing more you have to do.

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