Duplicate Administrators ????

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Listed under Documents and Settings:

Administrator Properties: 3.28MB 36 files

Administrator 0E0B622B8B8 Properties: 3.28MB 36 files

Ths last Administrator 0E0B622B8B8 .000 Properties: 3.28MB 36 files

Administrator 0E0B622B8B8 .001 Properties: 3.28MB 36 Files

Administrator0E0B622B8B8 .002 Properties 3.50MB 72 files

The last one: .002 contains the exact files as in the others plus 36
additional files

Would it be save to delete the first four?

Thanks in advance
 
Yes. For this particular account (the 'default' Administrator account) there
can be only one. Go to start/run, as the default admin, and type:
%userprofile%
This will open the folder for that account, and the other folders can be
deleted, assuming a few basic truths.
1. You reinstalled the system a few times.
2. You have no data in the other profiles that you need, like settings for
an app, a password cookie, a history site, a favorite, and so on.
3. You have no intention of 'repairing' any of the other attempts at setup.
 
Thanks Mark,
However each time I enter %userprofile% I get File cannot be found.

This really isn't a big problem as they only take up about 10MB and I still
have 128 GB free space

Any reason I shouldn't just delete the first four direct from Docs and
Settings, or if doinga this could this really foul things?

Regards

oldad
 
Unless you know for certain that the others are not somehow tied to your
current profile, you should not delete them. Go to start/run, and type:
CMD

From this prompt, type:

SET

Your userprofile path should be in that list
 
Thanks again Mark,
The only ref to profile in SET is:
user profile=C:\documents and settings\my name.

Think I will leave well enough alone as they are causing no apparent
probleml, just the fact that they seem duplicates

Regards
 
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