Deleting program of another user

[Jerome]

I set up a account for someone visiting and they added a
> password to it later. Then without thinking, I deleted
> their account when they left. Now there is a
> program, "Airport Tycoon 2" 319 MB that I can delete -
> Access Denied. I assume I have root privileges, but is
it
> too late to delete this program.
>
> Also, probably unrelated. I am the only one out of the
> remaining three individual account holders that can't
log
> off! I have to switch users and restart to actually log
> off.
>
> sincerely
>
> Windows XP 'help needed' user

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

See Help and Support and search for "take ownership"

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421
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"Jerome" > wrote in message
...
> I set up a account for someone visiting and they added a
> > password to it later. Then without thinking, I deleted
> > their account when they left. Now there is a
> > program, "Airport Tycoon 2" 319 MB that I can delete -
> > Access Denied. I assume I have root privileges, but is
> it
> > too late to delete this program.
> >
> > Also, probably unrelated. I am the only one out of the
> > remaining three individual account holders that can't
> log
> > off! I have to switch users and restart to actually log
> > off.
> >
> > sincerely
> >
> > Windows XP 'help needed' user

[Jerome]

Thanks for the information. The next question I looked
for on your website but couldn't seem to find it. It was
at the end of my initial question and it concerned logging
off. I can't log myself out of XP, I have to switch users
and restart. All other users can log off. Is there
something in my temp files/caches, etc that is causing
this to happen? I deleted cookies already!

Jerome

>-----Original Message-----
>See Help and Support and search for "take ownership"
>
>HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
>http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421
>--
>Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
>Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
>http://www.dougknox.com
>--------------------------------
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>ExpertZone -
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
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>
>"Jerome" > wrote in message
...
>> I set up a account for someone visiting and they added
a
>> > password to it later. Then without thinking, I
deleted
>> > their account when they left. Now there is a
>> > program, "Airport Tycoon 2" 319 MB that I can
delete -
>> > Access Denied. I assume I have root privileges, but
is
>> it
>> > too late to delete this program.
>> >
>> > Also, probably unrelated. I am the only one out of
the
>> > remaining three individual account holders that can't
>> log
>> > off! I have to switch users and restart to actually
log
>> > off.
>> >
>> > sincerely
>> >
>> > Windows XP 'help needed' user
>
>
>.
>

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Its possible, Jerome. Try running the Disk Cleanup tool from Windows
Explorer. Right click the drive and select Properties. You'll see the Disk
Cleanup button on the General tab. Some users prefer to disable the
Compress Old Files feature, to speed this process up. See
www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweak.htm, Line 48, right column for a small REG
file that will disable this particular feature. Save the REG file to your
hard drive and double click it. Answer yes to the import prompt. REG files
can be viewed in Notepad.

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Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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"Jerome" > wrote in message
...
> Thanks for the information. The next question I looked
> for on your website but couldn't seem to find it. It was
> at the end of my initial question and it concerned logging
> off. I can't log myself out of XP, I have to switch users
> and restart. All other users can log off. Is there
> something in my temp files/caches, etc that is causing
> this to happen? I deleted cookies already!
>
> Jerome
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >See Help and Support and search for "take ownership"
> >
> >HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
> >http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421
> >--
> >Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
> >Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
> >http://www.dougknox.com
> >--------------------------------
> >Associate Expert
> >ExpertZone -
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >--------------------------------
> >Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
> >Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
> >
> >"Jerome" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> I set up a account for someone visiting and they added
> a
> >> > password to it later. Then without thinking, I
> deleted
> >> > their account when they left. Now there is a
> >> > program, "Airport Tycoon 2" 319 MB that I can
> delete -
> >> > Access Denied. I assume I have root privileges, but
> is
> >> it
> >> > too late to delete this program.
> >> >
> >> > Also, probably unrelated. I am the only one out of
> the
> >> > remaining three individual account holders that can't
> >> log
> >> > off! I have to switch users and restart to actually
> log
> >> > off.
> >> >
> >> > sincerely
> >> >
> >> > Windows XP 'help needed' user
> >
> >
> >.
> >