User Accounts - Administrator

I created a single new user account (username ABC) with administrator
privileges for a temporary purpose and I now want to delete it.

I can access the original administrator account (username admin) via
AltCtrlDel but I'm not given the option of deleting ABC.

Is there any way I can delete the ABC account and just have the original
administrator account.

I'm using XP Pro.

TIA

Rob

Control Panel User Accounts

Ted Zieglar

"RFJ" wrote in message
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I created a single new user account (username ABC) with administrator
privileges for a temporary purpose and I now want to delete it.

I can access the original administrator account (username admin) via
AltCtrlDel but I'm not given the option of deleting ABC.

Is there any way I can delete the ABC account and just have the original
administrator account.

I'm using XP Pro.

TIA

Rob

'fraid I'd tried that already. There is no option to delete. The help says
to delete that account I need to create another user with admin rights, log
onto it and then delete the first. That works but I'm then left with another
user with admin rights that I can't delete




"Ted Zieglar" wrote in message
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Control Panel User Accounts

Ted Zieglar

"RFJ" wrote in message
...
I created a single new user account (username ABC) with administrator
privileges for a temporary purpose and I now want to delete it.

I can access the original administrator account (username admin) via
AltCtrlDel but I'm not given the option of deleting ABC.

Is there any way I can delete the ABC account and just have the original
administrator account.

I'm using XP Pro.

TIA

Rob

From the Help and Support Center:

"As a user with a computer administrator account, you can create, delete,
and change all user accounts on the computer."

Are there additional details we need to know?

Ted Zieglar

"RFJ" wrote in message
...
'fraid I'd tried that already. There is no option to delete. The help says
to delete that account I need to create another user with admin rights,
log
onto it and then delete the first. That works but I'm then left with
another
user with admin rights that I can't delete




"Ted Zieglar" wrote in message
...
Control Panel User Accounts

Ted Zieglar

"RFJ" wrote in message
...
I created a single new user account (username ABC) with administrator
privileges for a temporary purpose and I now want to delete it.

I can access the original administrator account (username admin) via
AltCtrlDel but I'm not given the option of deleting ABC.

Is there any way I can delete the ABC account and just have the
original
administrator account.

I'm using XP Pro.

TIA

Rob

My understanding of the post is that he wants to go back to the default
admin account. I could be wrong.
Joan

"Ted Zieglar" wrote in message
...
From the Help and Support Center:

"As a user with a computer administrator account, you can create,
delete, and change all user accounts on the computer."

Are there additional details we need to know?

Ted Zieglar

Joan was correct in her post. I'm just trying to get back to where I was -
to boot up directly into the administrator account and to have no other
users (except the turned off guest account)


"Ted Zieglar" wrote in message
...
From the Help and Support Center:

"As a user with a computer administrator account, you can create, delete,
and change all user accounts on the computer."

Are there additional details we need to know?

Ted Zieglar

"RFJ" wrote in message
...
'fraid I'd tried that already. There is no option to delete. The help
says
to delete that account I need to create another user with admin rights,
log
onto it and then delete the first. That works but I'm then left with
another
user with admin rights that I can't delete




"Ted Zieglar" wrote in message
...
Control Panel User Accounts

Ted Zieglar

"RFJ" wrote in message
...
I created a single new user account (username ABC) with administrator
privileges for a temporary purpose and I now want to delete it.

I can access the original administrator account (username admin) via
AltCtrlDel but I'm not given the option of deleting ABC.

Is there any way I can delete the ABC account and just have the
original
administrator account.

I'm using XP Pro.

TIA

Rob

RFJ wrote:
I created a single new user account (username ABC) with administrator
privileges for a temporary purpose and I now want to delete it.

I can access the original administrator account (username admin) via
AltCtrlDel but I'm not given the option of deleting ABC.

Is there any way I can delete the ABC account and just have the original
administrator account.

I'm using XP Pro.

TIA

Rob


You should *NOT* use the built-in administrator Account for every day
use. It is your *only* way into the machine if your User account goes
belly-up short of a repair install of XP.
Create a User account with Admin privileges (which you already have) for
daily use.