Malke said:
This doesn't quite make sense. Crystal Ball(tm) sez: you are saying that you
see files from an old user account under %systemdrive%\Documents and
Settings\old user account name and that you don't see that user account
listed in either the Control Panel User Accounts applet or in
Administrative Tools\Computer Management\Users and Groups. Yes?
If the above guess is correct and the user account is not a system account
(i.e., it is one that you or someone else made), then simply delete the
files for that account under Documents and Settings.
If my Crystal Ball(tm) was cloudy, please post back with clarification.
Malke
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I see the account in %systemdrive%\Documents and
Settings\old user account name and listed in the Control Panel User Accounts applet. I don't see it listed in Administrative Tools\Computer Management\Users and Groups.
So the following happens: I sign on as my son who was an Administer, go to
the Control Panel, then User Accounts and try and delete his wife's account
(who was also an Administrator, but I have changed to be a Limited User.) I
get the panel that asks me if 1) I want to delete the account but keep the
files, or 2) Delete the whole account. If I choose either 1) or 2) the system
just locks up and I have to kill it with the Alt+Ctrl+Del keys. This then
tells me that "msft" (?) is not responding.
I went into Safe mode and surprise only three accounts show up in the
Control Panel: Administer (who is s/he ???), my son, and Guest. No mention of
my son's wife's name or Grandad (me !). The PC I'm now using is a
hand-me-down from my son. So I obviously can't delete my daughter in law's
name from Safe mode !
Any more suggestions ? Pretty sad that MS software doesn't do such a simple
thing.
Thanks for your help.