Deleting a user

[Guest]

Two questions.

First, I used to share my computer with my girlfriend until she got her own.
Now I want to delete her profile from my computer. I have followed the
procedure recommended in the "help and support section" in XP but all I have
managed to do is delete her files (which I didn't intend to do) but her name
still appears on the computer as a user. So I did the opposite of what I
intended.

My first question is not how can I recover her files, though this would be
handy (but she does have backups) but how can I delete her name from the user
page that I get to after starting up the computer..

This brings me to my second question, since I am only the only user, why
should I have any specially designated "user" at all. By this I mean, why
can't I just log straight in to the desktop instead of going to the user page
after start up, and then having to click my name to get to the desktop. I am
wary of simply deleting myself as user because this will delete my files as
well (if my experience above is anything to go by).

thanks in advance for any help.

 

[Guest]

Two questions.

First, I used to share my computer with my girlfriend until she got her own.
Now I want to delete her profile from my computer. I have followed the
procedure recommended in the "help and support section" in XP but all I have
managed to do is delete her files (which I didn't intend to do) but her name
still appears on the computer as a user. So I did the opposite of what I
intended.

My first question is not how can I recover her files, though this would be
handy (but she does have backups) but how can I delete her name from the user
page that I get to after starting up the computer..

This brings me to my second question, since I am only the only user, why
should I have any specially designated "user" at all. By this I mean, why
can't I just log straight in to the desktop instead of going to the user page
after start up, and then having to click my name to get to the desktop. I am
wary of simply deleting myself as user because this will delete my files as
well (if my experience above is anything to go by).

thanks in advance for any help.

Control Panel > User Accounts, select your girlfriend's account and tell it
to delete. If your girlfriend's account still appears on the Welcome screen,
you won't automatically logon. However, if there is no other user account
specified in Contral Panel > User Accounts (including the Guest account) it
should automatically log you on, unless you have a password enabled.

 

[Chris]

If you have not deleted the account, there is an automatic login
function. Go to this page
"http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315231" to see
how. It does involve editing the registry, so back it up. If you do not
want to do this yourself, I can connect to your PC (no downloads
needed) and do it for you.