Change Win95 user name & password

SeaMaid · External Since: Jun 15, 2005 Posts: 33

When you install Win95, you have to create a user name and password. This is
used to log onto Windows.

1. How to I change the user name?
2. How do I change the password?

There is also a computer name, share names, and password for networked
shares, but those do not need to be changed.

norm5 · External Since: Mar 23, 2004 Posts: 9

On Sat, 1 Oct 2005 13:07:18 -0700, "SeaMaid"
<seamaid24-graphics.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote:

>When you install Win95, you have to create a user name and password. This is
>used to log onto Windows.
>
>1. How to I change the user name?
>2. How do I change the password?
>
>There is also a computer name, share names, and password for networked
>shares, but those do not need to be changed.
>
>
leave password blank if you want.

SeaMaid · External Since: Jun 15, 2005 Posts: 33

How do I change an existing user name?
How do I change an existing password?

This is not a new installation. There is only one user, and I need to change
that user name and registered user to something shorter without spaces. Then
I need to create a new password. I need to do this for a Win98se laptop
also. They cannot both have the same user name and password. This is not the
same thing as the networking password. This is the user name and password.

Once both are changed, I can create identical user names and passwords in
the XP box so the two laptops can access the XP box. Right now, the XP box
can access the laptops but not the other way (because the Guest account is
disabled for security reasons). I do not want to use the existing 9x user
names and need to change them first.

"SeaMaid" <seamaid24-graphics.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> When you install Win95, you have to create a user name and password. This
> is used to log onto Windows.
>
> 1. How to I change the user name?
> 2. How do I change the password?
>
> There is also a computer name, share names, and password for networked
> shares, but those do not need to be changed.
>

SeaMaid · External Since: Jun 15, 2005 Posts: 33

I just went into the registry to rename each instance of the user name
manually. Then I went into the Windows directory to rename these user files:
..wab, .pwl, .acl, .arp. When I rebooted, Windows came up with the new user
name and so did the System applet in Control Panel. I deleted the .pwl file
and rebooted to create a new password. Then I created a new account in XP
with the same user name and password. Now the Win95a machine can connect to
the XP machine.

"SeaMaid" <seamaid24-graphics RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> How do I change an existing user name?
> How do I change an existing password?
>
> This is not a new installation. There is only one user, and I need to
> change that user name and registered user to something shorter without
> spaces. Then I need to create a new password. I need to do this for a
> Win98se laptop also. They cannot both have the same user name and
> password. This is not the same thing as the networking password. This is
> the user name and password.
>
> Once both are changed, I can create identical user names and passwords in
> the XP box so the two laptops can access the XP box. Right now, the XP box
> can access the laptops but not the other way (because the Guest account is
> disabled for security reasons). I do not want to use the existing 9x user
> names and need to change them first.
>
>
>
> "SeaMaid" <seamaid24-graphics RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:%23FSg5OsxFHA.3556@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> When you install Win95, you have to create a user name and password. This
>> is used to log onto Windows.
>>
>> 1. How to I change the user name?
>> 2. How do I change the password?
>>
>> There is also a computer name, share names, and password for networked
>> shares, but those do not need to be changed.
>>
>
>