Terisabe said:
Purchased new system at Office Depot. Had Desktop/store as user. I have not
been able to remove it. When going to Delete or Modify in User Profile
program the Delete option is greyed out when choosing that user. Can delete
others but not that one. Help
With second-hand computers - which is essentially what a shelf demo
unit is, especially if acquired from strangers but perhaps even if
acquired from a family member or friend, your wisest course of action
would definitely be to format the hard drives and start fresh. You
don't want to get in trouble because the original owner may have filled
the hard drive with kiddie porn, or have problems because the original
owner downloaded/installed viruses or other malware.
Simply use the built-in administrative account to reset or delete the
"other" accounts.
To fix the "Registered to" information for WinNT/2K/XP,Vista, you
can use Start > Run > Regedit.exe to edit:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\RegisteredOwner
and:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current
Version\RegisteredOrganization
How this will affect the name displayed in previously installed
applications will vary depending upon each individual program; some read
the registered owner information dynamically, while others read it only
during installation, and some require the information to be entered
manually (typed in) by the installing individual.
The user profile folders (C:\USERS\Username) _cannot_ be renamed,
without risky registry editing, even if the associated user account has
been. So, your best course of action would be to log on using the
built-in Administrator account, create a new user account, with the
username desired. Once you've logged in using this new account (and
transfered any data you need to preserve, you can then delete the old
user account(s).
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