User Accounts
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From: Openallnight on 5 Apr 2010 10:24 In xp I have a user account created during setup called 'abc' which is part of the admin group. I also have the default administrator account. I want to delete the 'abc' account but I'm hesitant because I feel that I woont be able to logon then withthe administrator account. Reason is because when I go to switch users it only shows me the default 'guest account' and the account I'm currently logged on with 'abc'. It doesnt show me the default administrator account. Can I delete the 'abc' account safely? Thanks.
From: John John - MVP on 5 Apr 2010 10:45 You'll need to be logged on with *another* administrator account to delete the 'abc' account. You're not thinking of using the built-in Administrator account for your day to day use, are you? John Openallnight wrote: > In xp I have a user account created during setup called 'abc' which is part > of the admin group. I also have the default administrator account. > I want to delete the 'abc' account but I'm hesitant because I feel that I > woont be able to logon then withthe administrator account. > Reason is because when I go to switch users it only shows me the default > 'guest account' and the account I'm currently logged on with 'abc'. It doesnt > show me the default administrator account. > > Can I delete the 'abc' account safely? > Thanks.
From: Openallnight on 5 Apr 2010 13:42 Thats the problem though, for some reason I cant log in as the Administrator account, I never get prompted for it. It's there in users and groups though. I'm logged on as abc account and want to delete this account, run sysprep and thats it, so I can captue the image and then restore it to another machine. "John John - MVP" wrote: > You'll need to be logged on with *another* administrator account to > delete the 'abc' account. You're not thinking of using the built-in > Administrator account for your day to day use, are you? > > John > > Openallnight wrote: > > In xp I have a user account created during setup called 'abc' which is part > > of the admin group. I also have the default administrator account. > > I want to delete the 'abc' account but I'm hesitant because I feel that I > > woont be able to logon then withthe administrator account. > > Reason is because when I go to switch users it only shows me the default > > 'guest account' and the account I'm currently logged on with 'abc'. It doesnt > > show me the default administrator account. > > > > Can I delete the 'abc' account safely? > > Thanks. > . >
From: John John - MVP on 5 Apr 2010 14:07 Logoff and then hit Ctrl+Alt+Delete twice and see if you get to a logon screen. Or enter "control userpasswords2" (without the quotes) in the Start menu Run box and change the way users log on. John Openallnight wrote: > Thats the problem though, for some reason I cant log in as the Administrator > account, I never get prompted for it. It's there in users and groups though. > > I'm logged on as abc account and want to delete this account, run sysprep > and thats it, so I can captue the image and then restore it to another > machine. > > "John John - MVP" wrote: > >> You'll need to be logged on with *another* administrator account to >> delete the 'abc' account. You're not thinking of using the built-in >> Administrator account for your day to day use, are you? >> >> John >> >> Openallnight wrote: >>> In xp I have a user account created during setup called 'abc' which is part >>> of the admin group. I also have the default administrator account. >>> I want to delete the 'abc' account but I'm hesitant because I feel that I >>> woont be able to logon then withthe administrator account. >>> Reason is because when I go to switch users it only shows me the default >>> 'guest account' and the account I'm currently logged on with 'abc'. It doesnt >>> show me the default administrator account. >>> >>> Can I delete the 'abc' account safely? >>> Thanks. >> . >>
From: Openallnight on 5 Apr 2010 17:17
That worked. Thanks. "John John - MVP" wrote: > Logoff and then hit Ctrl+Alt+Delete twice and see if you get to a logon > screen. Or enter "control userpasswords2" (without the quotes) in the > Start menu Run box and change the way users log on. > > John > > Openallnight wrote: > > Thats the problem though, for some reason I cant log in as the Administrator > > account, I never get prompted for it. It's there in users and groups though. > > > > I'm logged on as abc account and want to delete this account, run sysprep > > and thats it, so I can captue the image and then restore it to another > > machine. > > > > "John John - MVP" wrote: > > > >> You'll need to be logged on with *another* administrator account to > >> delete the 'abc' account. You're not thinking of using the built-in > >> Administrator account for your day to day use, are you? > >> > >> John > >> > >> Openallnight wrote: > >>> In xp I have a user account created during setup called 'abc' which is part > >>> of the admin group. I also have the default administrator account. > >>> I want to delete the 'abc' account but I'm hesitant because I feel that I > >>> woont be able to logon then withthe administrator account. > >>> Reason is because when I go to switch users it only shows me the default > >>> 'guest account' and the account I'm currently logged on with 'abc'. It doesnt > >>> show me the default administrator account. > >>> > >>> Can I delete the 'abc' account safely? > >>> Thanks. > >> . > >> > . > |