Need help deleting a user

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I cannot delete my other user on my computer. It hangs up every time I have
tried. What can I do?
 
Gypsy said:
I cannot delete my other user on my computer. It hangs up every time I
have
tried. What can I do?
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Since you didn't tell us who the "other user" is, we can't answer you. Here
is a brief description of the user account structure in XP. If that doesn't
make things clear to you, then please do post back after you've looked at
this link which explains what details you need to include in a newsgroup
post in order to get focused help:

http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

[some name] C:\ - your first hard drive, usually the system drive.

Document and Settings - The "container" for all user settings. Each user
will have [username] Documents, Music, Videos, My Pictures.

Administrator - Built-in account - Leave alone! Do not use! Do not worry
about it!

All Users - Section where items common to all users go. In a multi-user
operating system, users have separate accounts. This is the place where if
you want to share files with all the other users on the system you would
put those files. You don't ever have to use those folders but they need to
be there. This is where programs you install that are meant to be installed
for all users put settings. All the "Shared Documents" type of folders you
see at the root of C:\ are shortcuts to the shared folders in here. Leave
them alone!

Default Users - This is the template from which new user accounts are made.
You will never put anything in any of those folders but they are needed to
create new users. In Linux we use "skel" ("skeleton" - get it?). In
Windows, the less-colorful term "Default User" is used. Leave it alone!

[OEM] Administrator or Owner - This is the generic user created by the OEM
when installing the operating system. After all, the OEM doesn't know who
is going to buy the computer. If you aren't using this OEM user account,
you can delete it from the User Accounts applet in Control Panel. It is not
the same account as "Administrator". You will not have this account if you
installed XP yourself.

Malke
 
I cannot delete my other user on my computer. It hangs up every time I
have
tried. What can I do?
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There are certain users which are created by the system which you should not
and cannot delete. What exactly are you trying to do?
 
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