hi westin and wass,

thanx
tried the above, was able to log out. change name in the login screen and logged into my account. works

but on restarting, it still goes into the admin account.

the only way i see it working is to have the login screen and log in everytime i start the computer (which was what i was trying to avoid in the first place)

am searching to see if there are any settings for having the default account or changing the account the computer logs into.