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sfleury:
Hello
I have, for a few weeks now) some problems with my Windows 7 - 64 Bits
I solved some, but one important poblem remains :
I need to create new User Accounts, because some programs I need to use, don"t install because my current user name contains "foreign" character (I'm french and the company who built my computer gave the name "Propriétarie") and the "é" seems to be a troublemaker
So, when I go to >>Control panel >> User accounts, I can access :
- Create a password for your account
- Change my image
- Change the parameters (UAC)

But I CAN NOT
- Change my account name
- Change my account type
- Manage another account

I can click on these lines, but nothing happens

I can create user through the command       net user  Username /add
or  net administrators username /add
and they appear as selectable at boot time
I can also delete them through command line

I tried to use a utility called "ReProfiler" : it does not start on this system, when it runs perfectly on other systems

I ran  Chkdsk /F : no problem
I ran   Microsoft Malicious Program : no problem
I ran sfc /scannow : it seems to stop after 12% and indicates some problems

So, it seems that some parts of Windows 7 are corrupted

Any help will be welcome  _    Have a good day

jraju:
Have you tried this one.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/147545-user-profile-folder-change-user-account-folder-name.html
I think by carefully reading this you may be able to change the french name to english name.
hi, shane, I think that it will work for him

sfleury:
Thanks
The problem is that I can't even rename my current user or create a new one  :sad:
I think some windows file are corrupted
I'll run aSFC /SCANNOW command to check
And I could have to "install-repair" Windows  :sad:
Have a good day

jraju:
Hi, You could easily rename your current account, by going to the Admin log on. It will not be usually visible when you normally boot. You have to enable it in the user accounts in lusrmgr.msc and then reboot. You get a log on icon for administrator also. By logging in to it you could do whatever you want. Pl try. SFC scannow only checks for corruption in the windows protected files. Repair windows is the last option, as you will loose all your downloads. By logging in to administrative account, a default account by microsoft, you could do and undo so many things.It is always better to have a non password or password protected admin account, so that you could control the system effectively. Hope you understands. I want opinion be endorsed by Shane. Because i have learnt so many tricks from him in my day to day computer browsing. Post it whether you could access on admn log on

Shane:
Create a new account and make sure it has admin rights, then in that account try to see if the user accounts will work. That will at least tell me if the problem is simply under your account or if it is system wide :wink:

Shane

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