someone
January 8th 04, 12:17 AM
Right click on My Computer, select properties and go to the
advanced tab. Click Settings in the User Profiles area,
select the user you want to delete and press the delete
key. You must be an administrator to do this and you must
not be logged into that profile.
>-----Original Message-----
>I bought this computer from a private party. I am trying
>to rid the computer of all the garbage they had on it. One
>of thes areas is very difficult and I'm not sure if I want
>to force a delete until I understand it better. I am new
>to XP but have worked with windows in general for some
>time. I can follow most directions and understand more
>than a novice user. Here is my problem:
>
>Under my windows directory there is a Documents and
>Settings folder. Inside there there are folders that
>correspond to users, admin, Local service and Network
>service. One of the users is the guy that owned the
>computer before. I would like to either delete the
>directory or change the name. How can this be done?
>.
>
advanced tab. Click Settings in the User Profiles area,
select the user you want to delete and press the delete
key. You must be an administrator to do this and you must
not be logged into that profile.
>-----Original Message-----
>I bought this computer from a private party. I am trying
>to rid the computer of all the garbage they had on it. One
>of thes areas is very difficult and I'm not sure if I want
>to force a delete until I understand it better. I am new
>to XP but have worked with windows in general for some
>time. I can follow most directions and understand more
>than a novice user. Here is my problem:
>
>Under my windows directory there is a Documents and
>Settings folder. Inside there there are folders that
>correspond to users, admin, Local service and Network
>service. One of the users is the guy that owned the
>computer before. I would like to either delete the
>directory or change the name. How can this be done?
>.
>