====== User Management ======

===== User Properties =====
  * Go to **Settings** > **Accounts** and choose "Login with a Local account instead"

==== Home Editions ====

  - Open **Run** and type //netplwiz//
  - Click "Properties" and modify user and full name
  - Untick "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer" to allow auto-logon for this user

==== Professional Editions ====

  - Open **Control Panel** > **Administrative Tools** > **Computer Management** > **Local Users and Groups** and modify user and full name

===== Auto-logon =====

Set the following keys in [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
  "AutoAdminLogon"="1"
  "DefaultUserName"="myname"
  "DefaultPassword"="mypwd"
  "DefaultDomainName"="mydomain"

The domain name entry is not needed for a private LAN with workgroup, but if you set it, set it to the name of your machine (computer) all in caps letters. See [[http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/377-log-automatically-startup.html|Log On Automatically at Startup]].

===== Reserved user folders =====
  - Login as the user you want to modify folder permissions
  - Select the folder, then make sure sharing is disabled (right-click for permissions)
  - In the General tab, select **Hidden** for this folder only

===== Rename user folder =====
  - Enter elevated command prompt, then:<code>net user Administrator /active:yes</code>
  - Sign off and login to the system Administrator account
  - For Windows 10 Professional only: Open **Control Panel** > **Administrative Tools** > **Computer Management** > **Local Users and Groups**, then modify the user name and full name.
  - Rename folder C:\Users\user to the user name you chose before.
  - Go to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList]. Find the key for your user account, and change //ProfileImagePath//.
  - Search the entire registry for "C:\Users\user" and rename every occurrence.
  - Sign off and login to your user account. Disable the system Administrator account:<code>net user Administrator /active:no</code>

===== Create new local user =====
    - Select the Start button, and then select **Settings**
    - Select **Accounts** -> **Family and other users**
    - Click **Add someone else to this PC**
    - At the bottom of the page, select **I don’t have this person’s sign-in information**
    - At the bottom of the next page, select **Add a user without a Microsoft account**
    - Enter a name for the new account. If you want this person to sign in with a password, enter and verify the password, add a password hint, and then select **Next** and **Finish**.
    - Reboot to sign into the new local user
    - Go to **Control Panel --> User Accounts** and change account name and account type if necessary.

  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_rTOA4gXJI|How to Rename the User’s Folder in Windows 10]]
  * [[https://superuser.com/questions/117902/find-out-which-process-is-locking-a-file-or-folder-in-windows|Find out which process is locking a file or folder in Windows]]