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-====== User Management ====== 
  
-===== User Properties ===== 
-  * Go to **Settings** > **Accounts** and choose "Login with a Local account instead" 
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-==== Home Editions ==== 
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-  - Open **Run** and type //netplwiz// 
-  - Click "Properties" and modify user and full name 
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-==== Professional Editions ==== 
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-  - Open **Control Panel** > **Administrative Tools** > **Computer Management** > **Local Users and Groups** and modify user and full name 
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-===== Auto logon ===== 
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-Set the following keys in [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] 
-  "AutoAdminLogon"="1" 
-  "DefaultUserName"="myname" 
-  "DefaultPassword"="mypwd" 
-  "DefaultDomainName"="mydomain" 
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-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. 
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-See [[http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/377-log-automatically-startup.html|Log On Automatically at Startup]] 
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-===== 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 
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-===== 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> 
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-  * [[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]]