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MARKBLACK
12-24-2003, 07:39 PM
Hi just wondering if anybody can help Ive just intalled XP and I was prompted for user account so I put four in, but then using the machine Ive found this to be arkward as when you save things in favorites etc it only saves in the one account. I want to get rid of these accounts how do I do it.
I'm
runing Windows XP home

shanmuga
12-24-2003, 08:14 PM
control panel > user accounts > pick an account to change > click the account on the bottom you wish to delete > click on "delete the account" > Select save files if you wish to keep the files from that account.
Note:Only Administrator accounts can create or delete accounts. The account you wish to delete must be logged off before you can delete it.

Variable
12-25-2003, 05:36 PM
Yea you could also just log in as the admin (or not if your current if the current log in has Admin rights)and go to C:\ documents and settings and then double click the user profile and select the data you want to save and right click / copy. Then go back to whichever profile will be your main and paste it. Its a good security policy to not use the ADMINISTRATOR account as the default or only account. You can delete the account liek the other fella said or right click My Computer, CLick Manage, click on Users and Groups and delete the user accounts from there. Documents and settings will show you the data for all accounts if the profile has admin rights.

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