Change account username and home folder issue

Hello guys,
Apple store re-installed Yosemite v10.10 on my MBA early 2014 (128gb, 4gb)
I wanted to change the account username and the home folder name after installation however I think I did it the wrong way to start with
Step1
I went into System Preference > User Groups, unlocked padlock, ctrl+click on the admin account > advanced options and replaced account name and home folder name with new name (e.g. my computer). Both match.
Relocked padlock, quit system preferences. Rebooted.
Step2
Then I realised that what I did, so I have did it all again after reading Change your OS X account name and home directory name - Apple Support
Could you please tell me whether step1 and step2 might have corrupted the operating system (e.g. legacy preferences, etc, etc)? How can I check that?
Thank you for your support.

Eric, thank you.
Actually Keychain access app has been malfuncitoning since Yosemite was installed and username and home folders were renamed.
Sintomps
the following services and apps keeps asking to use "Login" keychain
- Messages
- Calendar Agent
- Safari
- ScopedBookmarkAgent
- accountds
- com.apple.helper
I always lock keychain. Keychain is sync with admin account password. Keychain verified and repaired. No problems found
I have followed this tutorial with no good result
OS X Mavericks v10.9.1: Repeated prompts to unlock "Local Items" keychain PS: the alpha numeric folder in ~/Library/Keychains/ starts with letter b not letter A as suggested in the tutorial
Resetting your keychain in Mac OS X
OS X: Keychain Access asks for keychain "login" after changing login password
What are you thoughts? Thank you for your support.

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