itemprop="text"> How can I rename a local user account from the XP command prompt? Is there a NET.EXE personality that I've missed? (I also didn't see anything under href="https://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows">Useful Commandline Commands on Windows .) Thanks. bold;"> Answer From my research, NET USER cannot rename a local user account. Domain accounts can be renamed at a command line with dsmod, but that is of no use to you. You must use either a vbscript to do this or a special utility such as renuser.exe (which I can't find a link to). Link to a VBScript that might be of use to you: href="http://www.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin/2003-05/0596.html" rel="nofollow ...