Deleting A User Account

[Guest]

I have Windows XP and I am trying to delete a limited user account, the Guest
Account is turned on also. When I try to delete the limited user account my
computer freezes up and says "Not Responding" Is there something that I am
doing wrong....please help.

 

[what4893]

You might want to try removing the account through "Administrative
Tools" in control panel, then "Computer Management". In there go into
the User Accounts > Users section on the left and on the right the
accounts will appear. You should be able to right click and delete the
account from there. I can't remember if this is an XP Pro only feature
or not. It might depend on your version if you can remove accounts in
this fashion.

Nick

 

[WTC]

Open an Command Prompt and type the following:

net user "UserAccountName" /delete

This is optional: the next time you reboot the computer you can delete the
[UserAccountName] folder from "c:\documents and settings" if you do not need
any files from the [UserAccoutName] folder.

If you get an Access Denied message when the deleting [UserAccountName]
folder from "c:\documents and settings" then read the following KB to take
ownership of the folder.

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

 

[Guest]

That must be a XP Pro only I can not delete it that way, but thank you for
all your help.

 

[Guest]

It worked thank you for all your help.

Open an Command Prompt and type the following:

net user "UserAccountName" /delete

This is optional: the next time you reboot the computer you can delete the
[UserAccountName] folder from "c:\documents and settings" if you do not need
any files from the [UserAccoutName] folder.

If you get an Access Denied message when the deleting [UserAccountName]
folder from "c:\documents and settings" then read the following KB to take
ownership of the folder.

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

--
William Crawford
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

I have Windows XP and I am trying to delete a limited user account, the
Guest
Account is turned on also. When I try to delete the limited user account
my
computer freezes up and says "Not Responding" Is there something that I
am
doing wrong....please help.

 

[WTC]

You're welcome.

--
William Crawford
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

It worked thank you for all your help.

Open an Command Prompt and type the following:

net user "UserAccountName" /delete

This is optional: the next time you reboot the computer you can delete
the
[UserAccountName] folder from "c:\documents and settings" if you do not
need
any files from the [UserAccoutName] folder.

If you get an Access Denied message when the deleting [UserAccountName]
folder from "c:\documents and settings" then read the following KB to
take
ownership of the folder.

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

--
William Crawford
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

I have Windows XP and I am trying to delete a limited user account, the
Guest
Account is turned on also. When I try to delete the limited user
account
my
computer freezes up and says "Not Responding" Is there something that
I
am
doing wrong....please help.