Delete User

[dana]

Ok so i go into User accounts and there is not a user name in there to delete
normally, however in documents and settings there is a name with subfolders
and i want to delete this person out of my computer. How do i do that it wont
let me. sometimes it says write protected file or always something but i also
have a profile name under documents and settings that i want to change the
name and there is another named all users and one named guest which are ok
but how do i do the delete and rename this is under ocuments and settings ok
thanks for your help.

 

[Graham Anderson]

Dana

As I understand your post, you want to:-
1 - delete a user profile
2 - rename an existing profile

To delete a user profile, right-click over my computer, choose properties,
click the advanced tab, then click the settings button against user profiles.
This will list the user profiles on your PC. If you want to delete a
profile, highlight it and click delete.

Note that deleting a profile is not the same as deleting an account. You
will need to be logged in to XP as another administrative user to be able to
do this ie you cannot delete a profile you are currently using. If you get
an error while doing this, please post the error message.

To rename an existing profile, create your new user account. In user
profiles (right-click over my computer, choose properties, click the advanced
tab, then click the settings button against user profiles), choose copy to
and set the path as c:\documents and settings\newusername. Set the permitted
to use to be the new user account.

Graham