deleting an administrator account

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Hicham

I have been using the "Administrator" account for a while, then tried
to create a new account "qwerty", which became administrator as it is
the first created account by me.
How can I delete "qwerty" from the machine?
I need to use "Administrator" as i already installed many applications
and specified that they are for this account only and not for all
users.
Thanks,

Hicham
 
You should use the Administrator only when necessary.
For all Administrator duties use qwerty.
For all other routine work use a Limited account.

You can copy the data from Administrator to another account
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811151

If you really want (not a good idea), you can delete qwerty by
rebooting to Safe Mode.
Reboot tapping F8 each second.
Select Safe Mode at the menu.
Select Administrator.
Then go to User Accounts in Control Panel.
From there you can create/delete accounts as well as other functions.

Also see:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/Private.htm
 
yes, i try it from user accounts in control panel after rebooting in the
safe mode.
it just gives me the ability of adding a password to qwerty ...etc, but
cannot delete it as the link to delete it is not existing. it does not even
let me change it to limited user and tells me that there should be at least
one account with admin privilleges.
--Hicham
 
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