Renaming the Vista administrator and guest account

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Tested on: This tweak is tested to work on Windows Vista Business Business| This tweak is tested to work on Windows Vista Ultimate Ultimate
NOT WORK FOR HOME BASIC & PREMIUM
A good thing for security is to rename the actual administrator account loginname. This can also be done with the guest account. Both are disabled by default in Vista.

Setting the name of the administrator and guest account can be done easily with the Security Policy Editor: secpol.msc

 Start Security Policy Editor: secpol.msc
Figure 1: Start Security Policy Editor: secpol.msc


Accounts: Rename administrator account

This security setting determines whether a different account name is associated with the security identifier (SID) for the account Administrator. Renaming the well-known Administrator account makes it slightly more difficult for unauthorized persons to guess this privileged user name and password combination.

 Select Accounts: Rename administrator account
Figure 2: Select Accounts: Rename administrator account


Default is Administrator, change it to another name like master or something will make it much more harder for hackers to find your login.

 Change administrator in a new name
Figure 3: Change administrator in a new name

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