{"id":1538,"date":"2023-02-26T20:20:31","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T14:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.windowstechno.com\/community\/question\/trying-to-find-gpo-that-renames-local-admin-account-2\/"},"modified":"2023-02-26T20:20:31","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T14:50:31","slug":"trying-to-find-gpo-that-renames-local-admin-account-2","status":"publish","type":"question","link":"https:\/\/community.windowstechno.com\/community\/question\/trying-to-find-gpo-that-renames-local-admin-account-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Trying to find GPO that renames local admin account"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"_2FCtq-QzlfuN-SwVMUZMM3 _2v9pwVh0VUYrmhoMv1tHPm t3_110ezzy\">\n<div class=\"y8HYJ-y_lTUHkQIc1mdCq _2INHSNB8V5eaWp4P0rY_mE\">\n<div class=\"_2SdHzo12ISmrC8H86TgSCp _29WrubtjAcKqzJSPdQqQ4h \">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Hi All<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_3xX726aBn29LDbsDtzr_6E _1Ap4F5maDtT1E1YuCiaO0r D3IL3FD0RFy_mkKLPwL4\">\n<div class=\"_292iotee39Lmt0MkQZ2hPV RichTextJSON-root\">\n<p>I have a domain joined machine here where the local admin account has been renamed. As far as I know this is done through group policy, but for the life of me I can&#8217;t find the GPO that does this. I&#8217;ve gone through every policy listed in the RSOP in both user and computer scope, and nothing.<\/p>\n<p>Is it possible to rename the admin account by other means? The machine is also enrolled in Intune, but I wasn&#8217;t aware renaming local admin was possible there.<\/p>\n<p>TIA<\/p>\n<p>Si<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","question-category":[21],"question_tags":[],"class_list":["post-1538","question","type-question","status-publish","hentry","question-category-group-policy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trying to find GPO that renames local admin account - WindowsTechno Community<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/community.windowstechno.com\/community\/question\/trying-to-find-gpo-that-renames-local-admin-account-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trying to find GPO that renames local admin account - WindowsTechno Community\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hi All I have a domain joined machine here where the local admin account has been renamed. 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