User accounts

[tom]

I'm using XP Home...I was trying to change the name of my
user account and
decided to delete the old one. Instructions said to make
a new admin account (which I did)...and change the status
of the old one to limited (which I did)..well I never
could figure out how to delete the old one and now I can't
find the new admin account...I'm stuck with the old one
and it is stuck in limited use...any ideas how to get back
to where I was before I decided to screw around with my
settings...When I click log off I never get a switch users
prompt of any kind.

I had received the following advise from someone trying to
help thanks for the try but under admin tools/computer
managment there is no local users and groups listing that
I can find. Each time I locate something I think may help
I receive a you are not authorized call the administrator
prompt..Anyone have another idea...

An easier way to administer accounts. Log on with
administrator powers. Open control panel \ performance &
maintenance\ admin tools \ computer management
Select local users and groups and open up users folder.
Select the user you want and right click on it
Select properties and member of tab. Click on add and
type in administrators to give full rights ( or users or
guests for others)

 

[Curtis Koenig [MSFT]]

Hi Tom,
Log on using the CTRL+ALT+DEL (hit it twice) you then get the classing
Win2K log-on. You can then logon using using the "new account". Once you
are in you can go to the control panel and delete/remove the old account
(the system will even ask if you want to remove that users files).
--
Curtis Koenig
Support Engineer
Product Support Services, Security Team
MCSE, MCSES, CISSP

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