Can the main user name be changed?

I set up a MacBook (Aluminum) for my wife Marge as the user. She no longer uses it, so I have changed the admin account to my name, but I don't want to chage the user to my name without checking first.

Here's the instructions from Apple Support on changing the User Name http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1428 I've done this a couple of times on used MacBooks that I've bought.

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