How to delete one user???

[Adela]

[MS WinXP Home 2002 - SP2; OE 6; IE 6; MS Office; Dell Dimension XPS
T448MHz Pentium III; 384MB RAM; high speed cable; WordPerfect8; Lexmark
Laser printer "Optra E310"; Windows Media Player; Adobe Reader 8; Adobe
Flash Player 10 Activex..]

Hello, a friend came to "fix" my computer and (for NO reason!) he
reinstalled my WinXP home ed. As a result each time I open the computer
and/or take a long pause from using it, it takes me to the opening page with
2 icons, representing me as user but with different names (my old name, and
the name he gave me on reinstalling). It's really a pain because this takes
me through several steps each time!

I'm not sure what he did but so far as I can see he only got 3 programs in.
Is it possible to delete the 2nd user (me, but the new one) without
affecting the 1st user (me, but the old one?)

Please forgive this complication that I myself don't understand well, and
thanks so much! Adela

 

[JS]

Try Power Toy's Tweak UI from Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
Install, run and under Logon you will find check boxes to select the
accounts you want displayed and in the Autologon you can choose to
Enable/Disable it by Checking or un-checking the 'Logon automatically'
option.

TweakUI is a very useful tool and is relatively safe for most users as they
don't need to use the registry editor or other less obvious methods to make
changes to Windows.

More Detail on available features in Tweak UI:
http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.aspx

After your certain you have everything the way you
want it then you can delete the account you don't want.

Start/Run and enter: "control userpasswords2? (without the quotes)

 

[Adela]

Thank you JS, but I'm afraid to use another program. Would you happen to
know if also one could, as an administrator, go to Control Panel|User
Accounts and just delete the one I don't want?

Thanks again. Adela

Try Power Toy's Tweak UI from Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
Install, run and under Logon you will find check boxes to select the
accounts you want displayed and in the Autologon you can choose to
Enable/Disable it by Checking or un-checking the 'Logon automatically'
option.

TweakUI is a very useful tool and is relatively safe for most users as
they
don't need to use the registry editor or other less obvious methods to
make
changes to Windows.

More Detail on available features in Tweak UI:
http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.aspx

After your certain you have everything the way you
want it then you can delete the account you don't want.

Start/Run and enter: "control userpasswords2? (without the quotes)

--
JS
http://www.pagestart.com

[MS WinXP Home 2002 - SP2; OE 6; IE 6; MS Office; Dell Dimension XPS
T448MHz Pentium III; 384MB RAM; high speed cable; WordPerfect8; Lexmark
Laser printer "Optra E310"; Windows Media Player; Adobe Reader 8; Adobe
Flash Player 10 Activex..]

Hello, a friend came to "fix" my computer and (for NO reason!) he
reinstalled my WinXP home ed. As a result each time I open the computer
and/or take a long pause from using it, it takes me to the opening page
with 2 icons, representing me as user but with different names (my old
name, and the name he gave me on reinstalling). It's really a pain
because this takes me through several steps each time!

I'm not sure what he did but so far as I can see he only got 3 programs
in. Is it possible to delete the 2nd user (me, but the new one) without
affecting the 1st user (me, but the old one?)

Please forgive this complication that I myself don't understand well, and
thanks so much! Adela

 

[Tim Meddick]

If you type the following into the "Run" box on the 'Start Menu' you will have more
control than using the 'User Accounts' in control panel :

CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2

However, yes you can delete a user from the 'User Accounts' in control panel as long
as it's not the last administrator level account that's left.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

Thank you JS, but I'm afraid to use another program. Would you happen to know if
also one could, as an administrator, go to Control Panel|User Accounts and just
delete the one I don't want?

Thanks again. Adela

Try Power Toy's Tweak UI from Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
Install, run and under Logon you will find check boxes to select the accounts you
want displayed and in the Autologon you can choose to Enable/Disable it by
Checking or un-checking the 'Logon automatically' option.

TweakUI is a very useful tool and is relatively safe for most users as they
don't need to use the registry editor or other less obvious methods to make
changes to Windows.

More Detail on available features in Tweak UI:
http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.aspx

After your certain you have everything the way you
want it then you can delete the account you don't want.

Start/Run and enter: "control userpasswords2? (without the quotes)

--
JS
http://www.pagestart.com

[MS WinXP Home 2002 - SP2; OE 6; IE 6; MS Office; Dell Dimension XPS T448MHz
Pentium III; 384MB RAM; high speed cable; WordPerfect8; Lexmark Laser printer
"Optra E310"; Windows Media Player; Adobe Reader 8; Adobe Flash Player 10
Activex..]

Hello, a friend came to "fix" my computer and (for NO reason!) he reinstalled my
WinXP home ed. As a result each time I open the computer and/or take a long
pause from using it, it takes me to the opening page with 2 icons, representing
me as user but with different names (my old name, and the name he gave me on
reinstalling). It's really a pain because this takes me through several steps
each time!

I'm not sure what he did but so far as I can see he only got 3 programs in. Is it
possible to delete the 2nd user (me, but the new one) without affecting the 1st
user (me, but the old one?)

Please forgive this complication that I myself don't understand well, and thanks
so much! Adela

 

[JS]

Control Panel\User Accounts\Change an account\
Pick the account to change and then down at the
bottom of the list there is "Delete the account".

--
JS
http://www.pagestart.com

Thank you JS, but I'm afraid to use another program. Would you happen to
know if also one could, as an administrator, go to Control Panel|User
Accounts and just delete the one I don't want?

Thanks again. Adela

Try Power Toy's Tweak UI from Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
Install, run and under Logon you will find check boxes to select the
accounts you want displayed and in the Autologon you can choose to
Enable/Disable it by Checking or un-checking the 'Logon automatically'
option.

TweakUI is a very useful tool and is relatively safe for most users as
they
don't need to use the registry editor or other less obvious methods to
make
changes to Windows.

More Detail on available features in Tweak UI:
http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.aspx

After your certain you have everything the way you
want it then you can delete the account you don't want.

Start/Run and enter: "control userpasswords2? (without the quotes)

--
JS
http://www.pagestart.com

[MS WinXP Home 2002 - SP2; OE 6; IE 6; MS Office; Dell Dimension XPS
T448MHz Pentium III; 384MB RAM; high speed cable; WordPerfect8; Lexmark
Laser printer "Optra E310"; Windows Media Player; Adobe Reader 8; Adobe
Flash Player 10 Activex..]

Hello, a friend came to "fix" my computer and (for NO reason!) he
reinstalled my WinXP home ed. As a result each time I open the computer
and/or take a long pause from using it, it takes me to the opening page
with 2 icons, representing me as user but with different names (my old
name, and the name he gave me on reinstalling). It's really a pain
because this takes me through several steps each time!

I'm not sure what he did but so far as I can see he only got 3 programs
in. Is it possible to delete the 2nd user (me, but the new one) without
affecting the 1st user (me, but the old one?)

Please forgive this complication that I myself don't understand well,
and thanks so much! Adela