Computer Hope
Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: yenrab on August 07, 2009, 06:47:07 PM
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Hi hope anyone out there can help.
My problem is that I cannot delete other two users on my desktop.
I am the main administrator of the account, when I go through Control Panel, then User Accounts, I find the account that im looking for click on it and it gives me the option to delete, when I do this it then says i will lose the files of that user, and still I click am prepared to lose what ever, it then trys to delete the account but when doing so it freezes with the hourglass icon and does nothing, I get the s...s and then close out of the account, try to delete the other user account and same happens again.
The other day I found this tip from this forum which was to do this
1. Boot to safe mode by tapping F8 key while booting
2. Choose safe mode and press enter
3. Click on the administrator account
4. At the safe mode desktop, click start, and control panel
5. Double click user accounts, here you can delete accounts, delete/change passwords etc
6. When done close all windows
7. Restart computer.
OK guys this worked on my laptop, but i cannot do the same on my desktop
Whats happening on the desktop?
When Im in normal windows I have these two user accounts as administrators too, three of us can be seen on the normal logon window, and via the user accounts, but when I try to delete them in safe mode they cannot be seen at the logon window only me, when I open control panel, user account in that safe mode window they cannot be seen here as well
Can anyone help? Would appreciate any answers...Thank you
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Look this over:
Demo: Understanding user accounts (http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/79c44833-556e-4f74-b992-7199dd5723fb1033.mspx)