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Old 02-11-2009   #1 (permalink)


VISTA home prem 32bit SP2 --- XP Pro SP3 32bit
 
 

merg my acct to admin and delete?

hello friends, Is there a way to merge my profile into the admin? I want to use the secret admin profile as my own like I do with XP. I then want to delete my profile(somehow) and only use the admin as my own. However, I don't want to lose all the parameters created under my profile. Does this make sense? thanks a whole gigabite Carmine

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Old 02-11-2009   #2 (permalink)


Vista Home Premium SP2 32bit / Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit
 
 

Re: merg my acct to admin and delete?

I don't know if it's possible under Vista but if it was me I'd leave it alone and just continue using the account you have set up, at least that way if anything goes wrong with your current account you can create another one from the built in admin account.

If you do what you are asking and something screws that account up I think you'll be in a mess
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Old 02-11-2009   #3 (permalink)


VISTA home prem 32bit SP2 --- XP Pro SP3 32bit
 
 

Re: merg my acct to admin and delete?

thanks Joan,
I think you're right. I always try to get rid of any software I think I'll never use.

Cheers
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Old 02-11-2009   #4 (permalink)


Windows 7 x64 build 7100 & Ubuntu 9.04
 
 

Re: merg my acct to admin and delete?

Agreed. Using the Built in Admin is generally frowned upon. Unless you need to do something that you can't do in your admin account, it is never needed. I have never even needed it myself, and I thought I would...

~Lordbob
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