I had a clean copy of Win XP Home installed and had a decent amount of
programs installed. I set a password on the administrator account. When I
came back and typed in the password (same I have always used) it said it was
wrong. I tried for two days working about every variable possible but
nothing worked. I decided to just install a fresh copy of windows.

Two months later I realized that I had a large chunk of my hard drive space
occupied. I then realized that the former passworded profile still existed
and the total size of space missing was the programs installed under that
profile. I tried to delete it, but it says access denied. Obviously because
the account was protected.

My question is: Is there any way I can delete this account and free up the
space I am missing without having to pull and old school "Format C:"?

"Kevin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:A3B937D1-F5D4-4612-B1C4-(E-Mail Removed)
> I had a clean copy of Win XP Home installed and had a decent
> amount of programs installed. I set a password on the
> administrator account. When I came back and typed in the
> password (same I have always used) it said it was wrong. I
> tried for two days working about every variable possible but
> nothing worked. I decided to just install a fresh copy of
> windows.
>
> Two months later I realized that I had a large chunk of my
> hard drive space occupied. I then realized that the former
> passworded profile still existed and the total size of space
> missing was the programs installed under that profile. I
> tried to delete it, but it says access denied. Obviously
> because the account was protected.
>
> My question is: Is there any way I can delete this account
> and free up the space I am missing without having to pull
> and old school "Format C:"?

You need to disable Simple File Sharing and take ownership of
the files. Take a look at these articles for more info:

How to disable simplified sharing and set permissions on a
shared folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307874/

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308421

"Access is Denied" Error Message When You Try to Open a Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810881

Note: If you are running Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, you
must start the computer in safe mode, and then log on with an
account that has Administrative rights to have access to the
Security tab. To start in Safe Mode, reboot your computer and
start tapping the F8 key as soon as you see anything displayed
on the screen. Keep hitting F8 until the Advanced Startup
Options menu appears. Use the up and down arrow keys on your
keyboard to select Safe Mode. Hit Enter.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

Worked perfectly! Thanks very much!

"Nepatsfan" wrote:

> "Kevin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:A3B937D1-F5D4-4612-B1C4-(E-Mail Removed)
> > I had a clean copy of Win XP Home installed and had a decent
> > amount of programs installed. I set a password on the
> > administrator account. When I came back and typed in the
> > password (same I have always used) it said it was wrong. I
> > tried for two days working about every variable possible but
> > nothing worked. I decided to just install a fresh copy of
> > windows.
> >
> > Two months later I realized that I had a large chunk of my
> > hard drive space occupied. I then realized that the former
> > passworded profile still existed and the total size of space
> > missing was the programs installed under that profile. I
> > tried to delete it, but it says access denied. Obviously
> > because the account was protected.
> >
> > My question is: Is there any way I can delete this account
> > and free up the space I am missing without having to pull
> > and old school "Format C:"?
>
> You need to disable Simple File Sharing and take ownership of
> the files. Take a look at these articles for more info:
>
> How to disable simplified sharing and set permissions on a
> shared folder in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307874/
>
> How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308421
>
> "Access is Denied" Error Message When You Try to Open a Folder
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810881
>
> Note: If you are running Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, you
> must start the computer in safe mode, and then log on with an
> account that has Administrative rights to have access to the
> Security tab. To start in Safe Mode, reboot your computer and
> start tapping the F8 key as soon as you see anything displayed
> on the screen. Keep hitting F8 until the Advanced Startup
> Options menu appears. Use the up and down arrow keys on your
> keyboard to select Safe Mode. Hit Enter.
>
> Good luck
>
> Nepatsfan
>
>
>

You're welcome.

Nepatsfan

"Kevin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:26EDC47E-6B31-4CCB-BAA9-(E-Mail Removed)
> Worked perfectly! Thanks very much!
>
> "Nepatsfan" wrote:
>
>> "Kevin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:A3B937D1-F5D4-4612-B1C4-(E-Mail Removed)
>>> I had a clean copy of Win XP Home installed and had a
>>> decent amount of programs installed. I set a password on
>>> the administrator account. When I came back and typed in
>>> the password (same I have always used) it said it was
>>> wrong. I tried for two days working about every variable
>>> possible but nothing worked. I decided to just install a
>>> fresh copy of windows.
>>>
>>> Two months later I realized that I had a large chunk of my
>>> hard drive space occupied. I then realized that the former
>>> passworded profile still existed and the total size of
>>> space missing was the programs installed under that
>>> profile. I tried to delete it, but it says access denied.
>>> Obviously because the account was protected.
>>>
>>> My question is: Is there any way I can delete this account
>>> and free up the space I am missing without having to pull
>>> and old school "Format C:"?
>>
>> You need to disable Simple File Sharing and take ownership
>> of the files. Take a look at these articles for more info:
>>
>> How to disable simplified sharing and set permissions on a
>> shared folder in Windows XP
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307874/
>>
>> How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308421
>>
>> "Access is Denied" Error Message When You Try to Open a
>> Folder http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810881
>>
>> Note: If you are running Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition,
>> you must start the computer in safe mode, and then log on
>> with an account that has Administrative rights to have
>> access to the Security tab. To start in Safe Mode, reboot
>> your computer and start tapping the F8 key as soon as you
>> see anything displayed on the screen. Keep hitting F8 until
>> the Advanced Startup Options menu appears. Use the up and
>> down arrow keys on your keyboard to select Safe Mode. Hit
>> Enter.
>>
>> Good luck
>>
>> Nepatsfan

can not rember my provile password how can i log on


"Nepatsfan" wrote:

> You're welcome.
>
> Nepatsfan
>
> "Kevin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:26EDC47E-6B31-4CCB-BAA9-(E-Mail Removed)
> > Worked perfectly! Thanks very much!
> >
> > "Nepatsfan" wrote:
> >
> >> "Kevin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:A3B937D1-F5D4-4612-B1C4-(E-Mail Removed)
> >>> I had a clean copy of Win XP Home installed and had a
> >>> decent amount of programs installed. I set a password on
> >>> the administrator account. When I came back and typed in
> >>> the password (same I have always used) it said it was
> >>> wrong. I tried for two days working about every variable
> >>> possible but nothing worked. I decided to just install a
> >>> fresh copy of windows.
> >>>
> >>> Two months later I realized that I had a large chunk of my
> >>> hard drive space occupied. I then realized that the former
> >>> passworded profile still existed and the total size of
> >>> space missing was the programs installed under that
> >>> profile. I tried to delete it, but it says access denied.
> >>> Obviously because the account was protected.
> >>>
> >>> My question is: Is there any way I can delete this account
> >>> and free up the space I am missing without having to pull
> >>> and old school "Format C:"?
> >>
> >> You need to disable Simple File Sharing and take ownership
> >> of the files. Take a look at these articles for more info:
> >>
> >> How to disable simplified sharing and set permissions on a
> >> shared folder in Windows XP
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307874/
> >>
> >> How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308421
> >>
> >> "Access is Denied" Error Message When You Try to Open a
> >> Folder http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810881
> >>
> >> Note: If you are running Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition,
> >> you must start the computer in safe mode, and then log on
> >> with an account that has Administrative rights to have
> >> access to the Security tab. To start in Safe Mode, reboot
> >> your computer and start tapping the F8 key as soon as you
> >> see anything displayed on the screen. Keep hitting F8 until
> >> the Advanced Startup Options menu appears. Use the up and
> >> down arrow keys on your keyboard to select Safe Mode. Hit
> >> Enter.
> >>
> >> Good luck
> >>
> >> Nepatsfan
>
>
>
>