fail to rename local administrator

i have computer policy renames local administrator account "something." same policy has "update" preference change password of "something." don't know if that's relevant. policy failing rename local administrator account. it's creating separate account named "something" instead of renaming administrator. in winlogon.log, see

 

error 1316: specified account exists.
  error renaming administrator account.

 

even if delete the 'something' account machine.

ahhh.  discovered something. if change policy renames administrator account names "something1," works. and new user named "something" gets created.

so assuming want "something" instead:

i had *policy* rename local administrator account "something."

i had policy *preference* update password of the "something" account.

i thought "update" meant "if x exists, make change x" , create , replace make account. reading windows file , guess "if local user not exist, update action creates new local user."

so appears preference creating user "something" first , policy trying rename administrator "something," of course fails because there's user named "something."

so should use preference both rename administrator "something" , reset password of "something."

 

 

 

Windows Server  >  Group Policy