Creating Accounts

[jonno112]

I will say sorry in advance i know nothing about Macs.

What i want to know is can you create an account on a MAC just made of numbers, i just tried and it comes up with the error.

Under Account name i put 2600
in red i get, cannot include spaces or special characters.

There are many more stupid questions to come

thanks

 

[miles01110]

Seems that you can't.

in red i get, cannot include spaces or special characters.

Before you ask any more questions, consider using the Mroogle site to search first. You'll find answers a lot faster.

 

[MrCheeto]

I have NO problem creating an account named "2600" in Tiger.

 

[miles01110]

I have NO problem creating an account named "2600" in Tiger.

Actually me neither in Leopard. You must have a space or special character in there somewhere...

 

[jonno112]

Okay this is exactly what i am doing.
I log in with the admin account go to system preferences > user accounts > i put the admin password in again > hit the + sign > select new account choose administrator Full name 2600 Account name 2600 Enter password x 2 Create account

Thats when the error comes up.

There is a red arrow where the account name is.

 

[em100]

You are right

You are right in snow leopard it doesn't let you do that

 

[MrCheeto]

WTF...so what if I'm doing a restore from Time Machine? I have to choose another name?

Dammit Apple, who's keeping score of the number of times they've dropped the ball?!

 

[jonno112]

Thats crazy, all my accounts are a number. I guess its back to the PC that really sucks this was my first post.

Thanks for the help everyone.