Deleting A User Account

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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.
 
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
 
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
 
It worked thank you for all your help.

WTC said:
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

lss032 said:
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.
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You're welcome.

--
William Crawford
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

lss032 said:
It worked thank you for all your help.

WTC said:
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

lss032 said:
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.
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