Renaming Groups

Windows 7 provides an easy mechanism for changing a group's name. For example, you might want to rename a group because its current name does not conform to existing naming conventions, or you may need to rename a group because the group task or location may change.

For example, let's say we have a group called Sales but as the company grows, so do the office locations. We now might have to rename the group NHSales and then create other groups for the other locations.

Groups

As happens when you rename a user account, a renamed group keeps all of its properties, including its members and permissions.

To rename a group, right-click the group and choose Rename from the context menu. Enter a new name for the group and press Enter.

Perform the following steps to rename one of the groups you created in the previous steps:

1. Open the Admin Console MMC Desktop shortcut and expand the Local Users and Groups snap-in.
2. Expand the Groups folder.
3. Right-click the Data Users group and select Rename.
4. Rename the group to App Users and press Enter.

There might come a point when a specific group is no longer needed. In the next section we look at how to delete a group from the Local Users and Groups utility.