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How can I delete a "legacy" User?
  1. #1


    Rajur Guest

    How can I delete a "legacy" User?

    I'd like to remove a "user" from a computer with Vista Home Basic (installed
    by manufacturer) that I bought from the original owner. I haven't
    been able to figure out how to do that.

    I cleaned all of the of the original owner's files from the computer that I
    could find, then installed MS Office Enterprise 2007 on the pc. There are
    only 2 visible users on the start up screen: "Admin" and "Self".

    When I log in as "Administrator" I find a User folder called "Frank" (a
    folder icon with 2 people in front of it) in "Computer/c:/Users." The
    folder is filled with the default/standard folder set.

    I want "Frank" to go away!! Could someone please advise me on how to make
    that happen?? By the way, I'm an average fellow, not a programmer. Please
    be gentle.





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  2. #2


    Ronnie Vernon MVP Guest

    Re: How can I delete a "legacy" User?

    Rajur

    In C:\Users do you see files for the "Self" account? It may be that the
    original "Frank" account was renamed to "Self". You can rename an account,
    but all of the files for that account will retain the original account name.

    Also, what do you see when you open Control Panel / User Accounts. Click on
    the 'Manage another account' option. Do you see a 'Frank' account there?

    --

    Ronnie Vernon
    Microsoft MVP
    Windows Shell/User


    "Rajur" <Rajur@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:27A145E1-ABAB-4B00-9B9A-7A4943272B1C@xxxxxx

    > I'd like to remove a "user" from a computer with Vista Home Basic
    > (installed
    > by manufacturer) that I bought from the original owner. I haven't
    > been able to figure out how to do that.
    >
    > I cleaned all of the of the original owner's files from the computer that
    > I
    > could find, then installed MS Office Enterprise 2007 on the pc. There are
    > only 2 visible users on the start up screen: "Admin" and "Self".
    >
    > When I log in as "Administrator" I find a User folder called "Frank" (a
    > folder icon with 2 people in front of it) in "Computer/c:/Users." The
    > folder is filled with the default/standard folder set.
    >
    > I want "Frank" to go away!! Could someone please advise me on how to make
    > that happen?? By the way, I'm an average fellow, not a programmer.
    > Please
    > be gentle.
    >
    >

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  3. #3


    Rajur Guest

    Re: How can I delete a "legacy" User?

    Ronnie,

    Thank you for your reply.

    Re:
    It's quite possible that I renamed the original "Frank" to "Self" but at
    this point I just don't recall.

    Re: Changing "Frank" to another name
    I have attempted to rename existing "Frank," but I haven't been successful
    using the Help tips, the "Change Name" feature, and the "change account type"
    feature.

    Re: Control Panel view
    I see only Admin in bold (the name I assigned it), listed as an
    Administrator and it is PW protected. When I click on "Manager another
    account" is see three Users: Admin, ASP.NET (standard user, password
    protected--I have no idea how it got pw protected), and Guest (turned off).
    "Self" has disappeared. I have identity crisis.

    More info:
    The only place I see "Frank" is in Windows Explorer, where it is nested
    inside User on C:. I can't change its name there, either. Documents I've
    created and saved show up in "Frank"\Documents.

    Rajur


    "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:

    > Rajur
    >
    > In C:\Users do you see files for the "Self" account? It may be that the
    > original "Frank" account was renamed to "Self". You can rename an account,
    > but all of the files for that account will retain the original account name.
    >
    > Also, what do you see when you open Control Panel / User Accounts. Click on
    > the 'Manage another account' option. Do you see a 'Frank' account there?
    >
    > --
    >
    > Ronnie Vernon
    > Microsoft MVP
    > Windows Shell/User
    >
    >
    > "Rajur" <Rajur@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    > news:27A145E1-ABAB-4B00-9B9A-7A4943272B1C@xxxxxx

    > > I'd like to remove a "user" from a computer with Vista Home Basic
    > > (installed by manufacturer) that I bought from the original owner. I haven't
    > > been able to figure out how to do that.
    > >
    > > I cleaned all of the of the original owner's files from the computer that
    > > I could find, then installed MS Office Enterprise 2007 on the pc. There are
    > > only 2 visible users on the start up screen: "Admin" and "Self".
    > >
    > > When I log in as "Administrator" I find a User folder called "Frank" (a
    > > folder icon with 2 people in front of it) in "Computer/c:/Users." The
    > > folder is filled with the default/standard folder set.
    > >
    > > I want "Frank" to go away!! Could someone please advise me on how to make
    > > that happen?? By the way, I'm an average fellow, not a programmer.
    > > Please be gentle.
    > >
    > >
    >

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