Clean install of Vista Home Premium 64 bit questions

As I walk thru a clean install (actually a reintall due to some issues) a few of questions have arisen.

First, why am I not permitted to name the first user "Administrator". Indications are that this name is already in use but this user is the first user set up as an administrator. As I plan to set myself up separately (not as an administrator) I would not want to use my name and "administrator" would seem appropriate.

Second, I had previously moved my own user files (documents, music, videos etc) over to the D drive (a second drive on the system). When I recreate my user won't I have duplicate versions on my C drive? How do I address this?

Third (and last for now), I am not initially permitted to create a user name that is the same as the pc name. But I can change the user name after the fact so that it is the same. Will this create any issues for me?

Thank you.

FortuneSmiles said:

As I walk thru a clean install (actually a reintall due to some issues) a few of questions have arisen.

First, why am I not permitted to name the first user "Administrator". Indications are that this name is already in use but this user is the first user set up as an administrator. As I plan to set myself up separately (not as an administrator) I would not want to use my name and "administrator" would seem appropriate.

Second, I had previously moved my own user files (documents, music, videos etc) over to the D drive (a second drive on the system). When I recreate my user won't I have duplicate versions on my C drive? How do I address this?

Third (and last for now), I am not initially permitted to create a user name that is the same as the pc name. But I can change the user name after the fact so that it is the same. Will this create any issues for me?

Thank you.

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1. You cannot create a username called Administrator as there is already a user called administrator on the system by default. see here for details on how to enable the administrator account > http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67567-administrator-account.html
2. Your documents cannot possibly be duplicated as they are your documents and are personal to you, any documents that are created by the install are again "default"
3. Why would you want a name the same as your computer? my computer name is dave-comp-vista and my username is dave, so as long as you put pc after your name or some sort of affixation, there wont be any issues.

Thank you for your response.

1. So if I understand it correctly - there is an account already called "Administrator" beyond the admin account it is creating during my install ... I just can't see it. Is this correct? On a previous install I had named the first user Admin and then changed it to Administrator. I was essentially creating a second account with the same name when I did this. This was not permitted during the install but the name change after the fact did work. What kind of problems was I creating for myself when I did this? I ask because I have a pretty serious issue I have been trying toence solve for months, hence the need for the reinstall.

2. I had not been inquiring about the files themselves, just the folders. Prior to the reinstall I moved all of them to the D drive. When I set myself up again following the reinstall there will be duplicate folders. The folders on the D drive will still contain all of my files but the user creation will create the folders on the C drive. How do I address this?

3. I have a number of pcs set up on my home network and I had thought it would be friendly to name each after it's primary user. While I am not permitted to do this at the time of setup, it does allow me to change the user name after the fact so it becomes the same as the PC name. I now realize I should not be doing this. What type of issues was I creating for myself by doing so?

Thank you