Trying to Delete a Previous User Not Shown in the Control Panel

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I purchased a Dell 4300 P-4 at a garage sale for $60. I didn't get the
Windows XP Home CD. There is some pretty good other software I would like to
keep.

The previous owners messed up the User accounts. There is only one user,
Robert, the Administrator, according to the Control Panel/Users.

When I scroll thru Documents and Setting, there was apparently a previous
user, Matthew. When I try to delete Matthew's files I get an error message
that I can't delete system files. There must be another way to delete Matthew
and related files from this PC. I can't figure it out, although I guess it
can be done from the registry.

Is there any reason to believe that some of the programs would also be
deleted along with Matthew's account?
 
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