When I first got my PC, I immediately started using the built in Admin account. Recently, I created a account with admin privileges. After its creation, I found that the Admin account I had been using was hidden, and I can only access it through safe mode, or by changing the log on style and manually typing the account and password. Is there anyway I can delete the unwanted account with admin privileges, or move all my files to the unwanted account and just keep the Admin account hidden?

I wouldn't delete the admin account if I were you, that account is for emergency. If you still want to delete the account, click start, then click control panel. Click Performances and Maintainence, then click Administrative Tools. Then, go click Computer Management and from there, click on Local Users and Groups and then look in the users and from there, you can do more advanced Windows NT stuff which the normal Windows XP User Account Manager doesn't include. Again, if I were you, I wouldn't delete the Administrator account, I would just disable, NOT delete the Admin account. I think theres a more easier way of getting to the Computer Management, just click start, then Right Click My Computer and then click Manage and then you are in. Oh, also if you are using Windows XP Home Edition, the Admin account is just a backdoor so there really is no way of getting rid of the Admin account. You however, cannot access it during normal mode, just safe mode. Hi I'm Maddie I'm a beautiful black flower, Hi I'm Maddie I'm a beautiful black flower, Hi I'm Maddie. Hi I'm Maddie. Hi I'm Maddie I'm a beautiful black flower,

"Is there anyway I can delete the unwanted account with admin privileges, or move all my files to the unwanted account and just keep the Admin account hidden?". Do you mean you want to delete the additional account you created and leave the default Admin account hidden? No. You can't do that. Even if you could "hide" the account, how would you login? Allow me to correct something BFM said: The default Admin account cannot be deleted; regardless of the OS. For Security Sake, I recommend the following: 1. Create an additional account with full Administrator privileges. 2. Rename the Default Administrator account (not a good idea to use Administrator as any user name.) 3. Create a Limited User account for normal use. 4. Move/redirect the My Documents folder to a separate partition if possible. If not, create a new folder for it so that it's not tied to the profile in case the profile gets corrupt and is unrecoverable. "So won’t you give this man his wings What a shame To have to beg you to see We’re not all the same What a shame" - Shinedown

I wanted to see if it was possible to delete the additional account I created, and go back to using just the default Admin account. However, if I can't delete the additional account, I would just rather transfer all files to the created account since Windows automatically hides the default Admin account when there is another account with admin privileges on the PC.

You should never (well almost never) use the admin account. Always use the lease account needed. Use runas to increase for task. By now you don't know what has hacked your system. "Best Practices", Event viewer, host file, perfmon, antivirus, anti-spyware, Live CD's, backups, are in my top 10

"I wanted to see if it was possible to delete the additional account I created, and go back to using just the default Admin account." Of course it's possible, but Jefro and I (and many others I'm sure) advise against it. "So won’t you give this man his wings What a shame To have to beg you to see We’re not all the same What a shame" - Shinedown

Based on all your advise, I'll go ahead and start using a created account with admin privileges. Just out of curiosity, what are the dangers of using just the default Admin account? Also, how can I transfer my files, and the ability to use installed programs on the new account?