Username appears top be a subset of original username

Hi.

I run Windows under a non-admin account.
Originally installed non-admin account with username original.
At some stage my username changed to original.DESKTOP-abc123.

It has never been a problem (apart from all the typing) until recently. When authorising the Spitfire LABS Discover Orchestra it wrote the AppData files to original. But running it, I was original.DESKTOP-abc123, and I had to copy the files fro AppData over.

I see from SysInfo that the dot seems to signify a sub-user or sub-account. Which might explain why another software package is not happy with admin, original or original.DESKTO-abc123. It wants DESKTOP-abc123.

Is there anything that can be done about it, or should I just live with it and keep the possible problems in mind?

BTW Spitfire LABS were VERY helpful, and I have promised to update them with your reply.

Now I know how to find out my username.

Response attached. So it is DESKTOP-abc123.

So live with it and keep in mind?

macnab said:

Now I know how to find out my username.

Response attached. So it is DESKTOP-abc123.

No, that is the name of the computer, and will also be seen as 'Device name' in Settings > System > About.

The user name of the account you are signed in with can be seen in Settings > Accounts > Your info.

The list of users in your screenshot shows an account just named Nigel

OK. My username is my gmail address.
And it is the computer name which is important for AppData and licenses. Makes sense.
Thanks for the clarification.

Full Name is blank.
Screenshot attached.

The name shown in the command prompt as:

C:\Users\Nigel.DESKTOP-H6595SQ8>

...is the name of your user folder on the C: drive, where your documents, pictures, etc and your appdata are stored. This folder is created the first time the user signs in, and is normally the same name as the user account. But if a folder of that name already exists in C:\Users, then the computer name gets added to the account name to become the name of the user folder that will be created, as I can show in this example:

.

Which means it probably happened with a Repair Install.

1) Nigel already existed, so it appended the computer name? Have I got that right?

2) Which means either I made a bad choice, or Microsoft haven't got it 100% correct yet.

3) Something else.