Rename the `Administrator` and `Guest` accounts

To help protect your infrastructure, rename the Administrator and Guest accounts.

To rename the local Administrator account to user_1, use the following configuration:
```
# control-repo/data/nodes/winserv2019.contoso.com.yaml
---
cem_windows::config:
  control_configs:
    c2_3_1_5:
      value: 'user_1'
```
Restriction: If you do not specify a name for the Administrator account, the account is renamed to magic by default.
To rename the local Guest account to user_2, use the following configuration:
```
# control-repo/data/nodes/winserv2019.contoso.com.yaml
---
cem_windows::config:
  control_configs:
    c2_3_1_6:
      value: 'user_2'
```
Restriction: If you do not specify a name for the Guest account, the account is renamed to pumpkin by default.

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Rename the Administrator and Guest accounts

Rename the `Administrator` and `Guest` accounts