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Cannot Delete User Accounts
Name: FishTricks Date: October 17, 2007 at 13:19:56 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: Intel Pentium M Product: Dell - inspiron 1300
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Hi, im on Windows XP currently i have 3 user accounts, im trying to delete two of them, but every time i click "delete account" the control panel window freezes and i have to alt f4 it etc. Is there a code i can type into run for this or anything else? thanks
Name: Chuck 2 Date: October 17, 2007 at 13:24:48 Pacific
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Try Deleting them when you are in Windows Safe-Mode.???
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Response Number 2
Name: FishTricks Date: October 17, 2007 at 15:00:06 Pacific
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safe mode didnt work
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Response Number 3
Name: FishTricks Date: October 17, 2007 at 15:01:30 Pacific
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Thats the error message i get.
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Response Number 4
Name: SysLock Date: October 17, 2007 at 15:08:48 Pacific
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Make sure your logon has Admin rights to begin with. Were the user files deleted manually prior to attempting to delete the user account?
If you right click My Computer and select manage, it will open the computer management window. From there, look for local users and groups. Expand users and in the right pane window you will find all user accounts listed. Highlight the user name then right mouse click on the user name, select delete.
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Response Number 5
Name: FishTricks Date: October 17, 2007 at 15:18:33 Pacific
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SysLock, Thank you SO much. That saved me alot of trouble
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Response Number 6
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: October 17, 2007 at 16:40:39 Pacific
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FishTricks, how were you attempting to delete the accounts? If you weren't doing it the way Sys said, that explains the errors. Don't forget to delete the profiles as well.
Life's more painless for the brainless.
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Response Number 7
Name: pcobb Date: October 17, 2007 at 19:38:39 Pacific
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I have a question, were the other accounts password protected?
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Response Number 8
Name: FishTricks Date: October 18, 2007 at 03:22:55 Pacific
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They were not password protected and i was doing it from control panel > user accounts > *click account* > delete account > computer crashes.
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