Deleting a user

Mike658 · January 17th, 2002, 08:54 PM

I upgraded my video card drivers, got to the blue screen of death after resarting, then i had to reinstall the missing windows components. And now all of my old user profiles for I and my family are still there but cannot be accessed. Is there a way to delete or move the contents of these users to my current user name?

shamus · January 17th, 2002, 09:10 PM

not sure with xp,but search for .pwl files and delete them then reboot.

*Damned Angel* · January 17th, 2002, 10:52 PM

go the the controll panel and user accounts. you can add modify and delete accounts from there.

Mike658 · January 18th, 2002, 06:31 AM

I cannot delete it, it was an account from a previous windows xp installation. And since I formatted to NTFS, and made the documents and settings folder private I cant delete, modify, or even open the folder. Is there a program or other way to delete this account, or is there a way to move its contents? Is my only option formatting the HD and reinstalling?

deseqer · January 18th, 2002, 07:52 AM

I ran across this in windows 2000. And what I Had to do is log in with the new administrator account. and right click the folder that you can not get into and click security and delete all the users with rights to that folder and setup it backup with a new user. this will allow you to gain access to the folder. not delete the old user account.

January 17th, 2002, 08:54 PM	#1
Mike658 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 12	Deleting a user I upgraded my video card drivers, got to the blue screen of death after resarting, then i had to reinstall the missing windows components. And now all of my old user profiles for I and my family are still there but cannot be accessed. Is there a way to delete or move the contents of these users to my current user name?

January 17th, 2002, 10:52 PM	#3
Damned Angel MegaMod Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: Winnipeg, MB Posts: 2,582	go the the controll panel and user accounts. you can add modify and delete accounts from there. __________________ "we're all amateurs, it's just that some of us are more professional about it than others" ----George Carlin The above post is © Damned Angel 1999-Present

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January 17th, 2002, 09:10 PM	#2
shamus Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Cornish,Maine,USA Posts: 3,136	not sure with xp,but search for .pwl files and delete them then reboot.

January 18th, 2002, 06:31 AM	#4
Mike658 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 12	I cannot delete it, it was an account from a previous windows xp installation. And since I formatted to NTFS, and made the documents and settings folder private I cant delete, modify, or even open the folder. Is there a program or other way to delete this account, or is there a way to move its contents? Is my only option formatting the HD and reinstalling?

January 18th, 2002, 07:52 AM	#5
deseqer Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Ohio Posts: 681	I ran across this in windows 2000. And what I Had to do is log in with the new administrator account. and right click the folder that you can not get into and click security and delete all the users with rights to that folder and setup it backup with a new user. this will allow you to gain access to the folder. not delete the old user account.