User accounts

[jll]

Hi,
My brother gave me his old laptop. He removed all his personal stuff and
gave it to me with the windows xp disk in case I wanted to reinstall. The
laptop works fine and has a lot of neat programs and utilities on it and I'm
reluctant to format and start all over. I managed to change the registration
to my name and get myself listed as the Administrator making his name a
"Limited" account. Now I want to delete his account. If I delete him but
keep his files, will that affect the operation of the PC in any way?
Thanks,
jll
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[Guest]

What you need to check is Program Shortcuts. Log on to your brother's
Personal Setting and note down all the Programs listed in All Programs as
well on Desktop. Check all of the shortcuts are available in your setting too.

Copy all of his stuff like My Documents, My Picture, Music, Favorites to
another drive or on a Removable Media. Create a System Restore Point in case
something happens.

If you are still not so sure then Disbale the account instead of deleting
it. You can do it through by logging into Administrator account (yours):
Right-click on My Computer and choose Manage. Click Local Users and Groups.
Expand to Users. Double-click the User Name and make a check mark on "Account
is disabled". This way it will being removed from the Welcome Screen but will
still remain in your Computer.

Hope this help, let us know!