On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 17:02:06 -0700, Stacy wrote:
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:25:55 -0700, Stacy wrote:
>>
>>> I am unable to delete user accounts from my Windows XP
>>> Home Edition. I can get all the way to the delete
> account
>>> option and when I click on "delete account" nothing
>>> happens. And the program does not respond. This has
>>> happened before and I was told that my user accounts
> are
>>> corrupt and I had to re-install my O.S. I need help!
>>
>>1) You have to be logged on with an account in the
> Administrator group to
>>delete user accounts. If using Fast User Switching, be
> sure that account is
>>logged off before deleting it.
>>
>>2) There must be at least one account in the
> Administrator group.
>>
>>3) It's not a good idea to delete the system create
> account named
>>"Administrator." (Keep this original account in reserve.
> Use a different
>>account in the Administrator group for everyday admin
> tasks.)
>
> I have an administrator account. I am trying to delete my
> little brother's old account. He does not use this account
> anymore and it is just taking up space. I was logged into
> my account and I was trying to delete his account from my
> account. He was also logged off, obviously, because he
> does not use this account anymore.
Stacy, check in Event Viewer for any error information regarding this
issue. The items there are date and time stamped which will make it a
little easier to correlate them with the date and time of the failed
attempts to remove his account. Let us know what you find out from this
Administrative Tool.
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Sharon F
MS-MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
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