4 Best Ways to Change User Account Name in Win­dows 10

When you boot your Windows PC, it is the user account name that you see at the Login screen. And for different reasons, you might want to change it to make it look personal or easily identifiable. This video will cover 4 ways to change user account name.


Commands:
wmic useraccount get fullname, name
wmic useraccount where name=”old-name” rename “new-name”
Get-LocalUser
Rename-LocalUser -Name “Current Name” -NewName “New Name”


Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:23 Change local account name from control panel
1:10 Change local and admin account name using netplwiz
1:52 Change local user account name using command prompt
2:31 Change local username account using powershell
3:10 End screen


What you will learn
1. CHANGE LOCAL ACCOUNT NAME FROM CONTROL PANEL
a. How to change your name from the Windows settings itself
b. How to go to User Accounts and Manage another account
c. How to rename local account name
d. How to change the account name
e. How to Enter the new user account name
2. CHANGE LOCAL AND ADMIN ACCOUNT NAME USING NETPLWIZ
a. How to open hidden setting file that was designed to manage user accounts in Windows 10
b. How to view a list of all user accounts including administrator accounts using netplwiz
c. How to change the account’s name, username, and description
3. CHANGE LOCAL USER ACCOUNT NAME USING COMMAND PROMPT
a. How to find the local user account name using command prompt
b. Command to change the name of user account
4. CHANGE LOCAL USER NAME ACCOUNT USING POWERSHELL
a. How to return a list of all local user account names in powershell
b. How to change the user account name in Windows 10 using powershell
















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