removing a user

[Lee]

How do you remove a user that has been created on XP? When
I try to remove a user, I receive an error message saying
I need to have an administrator perform this action. If I
need to name myself as the administrator for the PC, how
do I that?
Thanks

[null]

Lee wrote:
> How do you remove a user that has been created on XP? When
> I try to remove a user, I receive an error message saying
> I need to have an administrator perform this action. If I
> need to name myself as the administrator for the PC, how
> do I that?
> Thanks

If you don't already have Administrator privileges, you'll have to log
in as an Administrator, right-click My Computer, select Manage, select
Groups, open the Administrators group and add yourself.

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In article >,
says...
> How do you remove a user that has been created on XP? When
> I try to remove a user, I receive an error message saying
> I need to have an administrator perform this action. If I
> need to name myself as the administrator for the PC, how
> do I that?
> Thanks
>

You need to log in as Administrator. How you do it depends on which
version of XP you have. (It's always a good idea to give this info
anyway)

Pro - at the welcome screen press Ctl-Alt-Del twice
Home - boot into safe mode.

Then, delete the user, and give your user admin rights so that you can
do these actions from your user in future.

HTH