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even though u disabled account user, when u renamed user1 to user, in the rename user screen, the logon name will still be user1. if u try to change the logon username to user, u will get an errror saying the username already exists. this is because, there exists a user account called user (though disabled) which has a SID associated with it. so even though u have renamed user1 to user, the logon name associated with with the renamed user account is still user1.<br />
so when u try to login using user, u r trying to login usng the accnt that u disabled and hence get the error.
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even though u disabled account user, when u renamed user1 to user, in the rename user screen, the logon name will still be user1. if u try to change the logon username to user, u will get an errror saying the username already exists. this is because, there exists a user account called user (though disabled) which has a SID associated with it. so even though u have renamed user1 to user, the logon name associated with with the renamed user account is still user1.
so when u try to login using user, u r trying to login usng the accnt that u disabled and hence get the error.

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Hi all, heres what I want to do. I have two user accounts under a windows 2003 domain.<br />
I have user and user1 for example.<br />
I disable the account user and then rename user1 to user.<br />
But when I log on as user it says it is disabled. What the...<br />
Do I have to recreate the accounts?<br />
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Thanks in advance.
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Hi all, heres what I want to do. I have two user accounts under a windows 2003 domain.
I have user and user1 for example.
I disable the account user and then rename user1 to user.
But when I log on as user it says it is disabled. What the...
Do I have to recreate the accounts?

Thanks in advance.

Renaming user accounts

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).