Deleting Limited Access User Account

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HMW

For some odd reason, I cannot delete one of the limited
user access accounts on my system. When I attempt to
delete "Craig," the message (not responding) appears in
the title bar after a minute or so of attempting to
remove the account. When I attempt to login as Craig, I
can, but i can't much else. if I attempt to us IE, it
freezes.

I have current virus protection, scans are done at
midnight every 24hrs. I have spyware and adware
protection, and all of my Windows updates are current.

I've tried using safe mode to delete the account, but
when I go into safe mode, the acocunt doesn't even show.
When I try to create a new account and call it "Craig" I
get a message saying that the account already exists. So,
safe mode says it's there, but doesn't show it.

I've tried getting suport from HP (I have a Pavillion
a510n), and they're about as bright as a box of burned
out light bulbs. Seriously, they told me I needed to
reintsall my OS! This advice, of course came after 6
other suggestions, none of which made any sense. ("Try
turning off other programs to see if you get more
memory.")

What the heck is going on? If the account is corrupted,
what do I do to get rid of it?

Thanks!
 
Are you running XP Home or Pro?

For Pro, click Start, Run and enter CMD then press Enter. When the Command Prompt window opens, enter:

NET USER /?

This will give you the command line options for the NET USER command.

Additionally, you can go to Start, Run and enter LUSRMGR.MSC Open the Local Users folder and you can delete the account from there.

To delete the users Documents and Settings Folder, you may need to Take Ownership.

See Help and Support and search for "take ownership"

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421

For XP Home, LUSRMGR.MSC does not exist, but the NET USER command should work.
 
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