This is where you will find all the settings that you can use to change, configure, and customize for your Windows 10 computer. That's because that is a username and not the device or computer name. For example, C:\Users\old-name will still remain the same. You should also note that Microsoft has reserved select words and you can't use them.Ĭhanging the name of your computer will not change the pathway of your user profile folder if that's the reason you are doing it. The minimum character length is 1 and the maximum is 15. You are free to use alphabets (a-z) and numbers (0-9) but no special characters. Prescribed by Microsoft that you need to keep in mind before giving your computer a new name. There are certain naming convention rules
That said, if you want to change computer name only, we shall tell you how. However, the name of your Windows computer will appear the same no matter which user account you access it from. Thus, one computer can have multiple user accounts.
On your Windows-based laptop, you can then create more than one user account on the same computer (one for each family member) and give it different names. Some Windows 10 users get confused between the two. There are a few ways to change your computer's name and we will discuss all of them below.įor clarity, the computer name is the overall hardware system (desktop or laptop) name and it is not the same as your user account name.
