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    Windows 7 strange naming of accounts (profiles) after clean install

    After a HDD failure, carried out a clean install .. Now however I have ended up with some 'odd' account naming. I have the following view: Link Removed My account (administrator) instead of being .. 'Rick' is now 'Rick.Rick-Home-PC' I know that home-pc was name I gave to computer...
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    Domain user accounts should no longer end with the dollar sign ($)

    Starting in Windows 7/2008R2, domain user accounts should not end with the dollar sign ($). Managed service accounts are identified by ending in a dollar sign ($) and there can be confusion on a system when setting a service to run under an account... Link Removed
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