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4 Weeks Ago
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| | Re: delete user account You will normally be asked if you want to keep or delete files when a user account is deleted through the Control Panel. "KRK" <trebor@newsgroup> wrote in message news:e7jh3s7WKHA.4360@newsgroup Quote: > Hello > > If I delete a user account, will all their documents, pictures etc be > deleted as well, or must I remove them manually ? > > Thanks > > K |
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4 Weeks Ago
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| | Re: delete user account - follow-up Q Download a free disk scrubber and use it to overwrite the empty parts of the drive - do it after you delete the account and empty the recycle bin. On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 12:36:39 -0000, KRK wrote: Quote: > Thanks for the help, > > Is the deletion 'secure', ie could the files be recovered by someone with > admin access. > > ( I am giving away an old PC to a niece, and need to be sure my private user > files are unreadable) > > Thanks again > > KK > > > "Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@newsgroup> wrote in message > news:uX1XXlAXKHA.508@newsgroup Quote: >> You will normally be asked if you want to keep or delete files when a user >> account is deleted through the Control Panel. >> >> "KRK" <trebor@newsgroup> wrote in message >> news:e7jh3s7WKHA.4360@newsgroup Quote: >>> Hello >>> >>> If I delete a user account, will all their documents, pictures etc be >>> deleted as well, or must I remove them manually ? >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> K -- Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom |
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4 Weeks Ago
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| | Re: delete user account - follow-up Q Nope, no file deletion in Windows is "secure". If you want the files gone beyond casual recovery either use a file/disk wipe program or destroy the hard drive. "KRK" <trebor@newsgroup> wrote in message news:unmFKJIXKHA.3504@newsgroup Quote: > Thanks for the help, > > Is the deletion 'secure', ie could the files be recovered by someone with > admin access. > > ( I am giving away an old PC to a niece, and need to be sure my private > user files are unreadable) > > Thanks again > > KK > > > "Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@newsgroup> wrote in message > news:uX1XXlAXKHA.508@newsgroup Quote: >> You will normally be asked if you want to keep or delete files when a >> user account is deleted through the Control Panel. >> >> "KRK" <trebor@newsgroup> wrote in message >> news:e7jh3s7WKHA.4360@newsgroup Quote: >>> Hello >>> >>> If I delete a user account, will all their documents, pictures etc be >>> deleted as well, or must I remove them manually ? >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> K |
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