xp user account

[Josh Ressler]

so i have 2 accounts on my comp, the administrator account, and another one,
i wanna get rid of the other one, becouse i only use the administrator
account, but it whon't let me delete it, someone please help

 

[Shenan Stanley]

so i have 2 accounts on my comp, the administrator account, and
another one, i wanna get rid of the other one, becouse i only use
the administrator account, but it whon't let me delete it, someone
please help

Don't.

No matter what you attempt to do - Windows XP is still a multi-user system.
Just use one user if you must - ignore the rest (until and if you ever need
them.)

If all that is bothering you is the fact that you utilize the "Welcome"
screen logon and you see multiple users - utilize TweakUI to limit who is
shown (TweakUI is a Windows XP PowerToy released by Microsoft.)

If you want to automatically logon - although i thing that is unwise as
well - you can do that as well...

Automatic Logons:
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Microsoft method:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315231
(Essentially the same... but different place:
http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/13/ )


Microsoft Method 2:
TweakUI from:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx


control userpasswords2 method:
1) Go to the Start Menu and the Run box.
2) Type in the following:

control userpasswords2

now click OK
3) In the new Windows that appears select the account you wish to make the
primary logon.
Now uncheck the "Users must enter a username and password..." box.
4) Hit Apply and a dialog box will appear asking you to confirm the selected
users password.
Click OK when you are done...
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Hopefully that gets you where you are wanting to be.

It is a *good* thing in the user arena to:
1) Have strong passwords.
2) Have more than one administrator level account (with strong passwords).

 

[Bruce Chambers]

so i have 2 accounts on my comp, the administrator account, and another one,
i wanna get rid of the other one, becouse i only use the administrator
account, but it whon't let me delete it, someone please help

The built-in Administrator account *cannot* be deleted. Nor is it
intended for daily use. The standard security practice is to rename the
account, set a strong password on it, and use it only to create another
account for regular use, reserving the Administrator account as a "back
door" in case something corrupts your regular account(s).

Routinely using a computer with administrative privileges is not
without some risk. You will be much more susceptible to some types of
malware, particularly adware and spyware. While using a computer with
limited privileges isn't the cure-all, silver bullet that some claim it
to be, any experienced IT professional will verify that doing so
definitely reduces that amount of damage and depth of penetration by the
malware. If you get infected/infested while running as an
administrator, the odds are much greater that any malware will be
extremely difficult, if not impossible, to remove with formating the
hard drive and starting anew. The intruding malware will have the same
privileges to all of the files on your hard drive that you do.

A technically competent user who is aware of the risks and knows
how to take proper precautions can usually safely operate with
administrative privileges; I do so myself. But I certainly don't
recommend it for the average computer user.


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Bruce Chambers

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