Renaming the Administrator Account, programatically, in win 2k, no AD

[caladin]

Hi all,

I'm trying to rename the administrator account in win2k, with no active directory... programaticaly.

basicaly they want an appp that does a bunch of stuff to bring computers up to snuff, security wise...

I got it working in xp thusly...

{
string AccountName = GetAdministratorAccountName();
string newNameForAccount = "Administrator";

ManagementObject theInstance = new ManagementObject( "root\\CIMv2", "Win32_UserAccount.Domain='" + Environment.MachineName + "',Name='" + AccountName + "'", null );

ManagementBaseObject inputParams = theInstance.GetMethodParameters( "Rename" );

inputParams.SetPropertyValue( "Name", newNameForAccount );

ManagementBaseObject outParams = theInstance.InvokeMethod( "Rename", inputParams, null );
}

but it does not work on win2k machines... I've followed several leads.. but no joy...


Can anyone point me towards a mechanism that will allow me to rename the administrator account on Win2k machines using c#?

Thanks,

Eric-

[caladin]

I figured out how to do this using renuser.exe...
it's pretty simple the hardest part is findign a copy of renuser.exe.

I found it on the Korean verison of the english site that everyone links to.

http://www.ntfaq.co.kr/download/renuser.zip

Eric-

[f1shrman]

If you can find the administrators account, you should be able to use System.DirectoryServices to rename it.

DirectoryEntry de = new DirectoryEntry( "WinNT://target_computer/admin_uid" );
 
de.Rename( "new_name" ); 

The call to the DirectoryServices object is specifying the use of the old NT4 ADSI calling convention - WinNT:.....so this forces it to look at the local machine.

I did not test this, but it may be a path to check.

HTH