yet another windows slowdown

[charles cashion]

Something is slowing my laptop. My hardrive thrashes
constantly. When I click an application that should open
in a few seconds, it might take over a minute. I finally
decided that I must purchase a Windows XP Home edition
CD. I chose the "upgrade" version, as it is half the
price of the other version.

I adjusted BIOS to boot first from the CDROM.
My CD would boot, but after displaying the message
"PRESS ANY KEY TO BOOT FROM CD", a second message would
briefly flash. It said something about checking hardware.
Then the screen would go black, and even after
an hour, would not come back.

After trying 4 or 5 times, I give up and ran the CD using
autoplay. At one point, it offers a choice between
(a) refresh and (b) advanced. I chose (a), but the result
provided not relief. Then I chose (b) but it has made
things worse.

Before reload, I had four users...
Administrator
All User
Charles Cashion
Default User

After reloading Windows, I now have 7 ADDITIONAL users...
All Users.WINDOWS
Charles Cashion.LAPTOP
Default User.WINDOWS
LocalService
LocalService.NT AUTHORITY
NetworkService
NetworkService.NT AUTHORITY

And when I boot, it comes up in user Charles Cashion.LAPTOP

I have two questions. (1) how do I delete these
extra users. (2) how do I tell windows to power up
in simply "Charles Cashion"?

Perhaps the answers to my questions are already available
on some web page.

I guess I have one more queston. (3) I can see this thing
going on and on and on. I can believe that I will eventually
have to wipe or format the C:\ drive before installation.
How can you wipe the C:\ drive, since windows protects you
from injuring yourself?

One more thing. The "advanced" upgrade offered the choice
between copying all files from CD or from HD. I chose CD,
but I think the choice was ignored. All my old personal
files are still present.

Thank you,
Charles

 

[Guest]

It would not be too hard to copy data from any of the old user profiles into
the new ones. The new ones were created when you ran a repair setup. After
the copy the User Accounts app will easily remove any unwanted ones. If the
names of the accounts really bother you, you could create new ones. Remove
the old one you realy wanted after a copy, then create a new one with the
name you want, and copy back, deleting all extras.

811151 - How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811151