Re: Deleting Limited Access User Account

From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox_at_mvps.org)
Date: 07/28/04 

Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 19:41:12 -0400

Are you running XP Home or Pro?

For Pro, click Start, Run and enter CMD then press Enter. When the Command Prompt window opens, enter:

NET USER /?

This will give you the command line options for the NET USER command.

Additionally, you can go to Start, Run and enter LUSRMGR.MSC Open the Local Users folder and you can delete the account from there.

To delete the users Documents and Settings Folder, you may need to Take Ownership.

See Help and Support and search for "take ownership"

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421

For XP Home, LUSRMGR.MSC does not exist, but the NET USER command should work. 

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"HMW" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:54de01c47429$5edab850$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> For some odd reason, I cannot delete one of the limited 
> user access accounts on my system. When I attempt to 
> delete "Craig," the message (not responding) appears in 
> the title bar after a minute or so of attempting to 
> remove the account. When I attempt to login as Craig, I 
> can, but i can't much else. if I attempt to us IE, it 
> freezes.
> 
> I have current virus protection, scans are done at 
> midnight every 24hrs. I have spyware and adware 
> protection, and all of my Windows updates are current.
> 
> I've tried using safe mode to delete the account, but 
> when I go into safe mode, the aco*** doesn't even show. 
> When I try to create a new account and call it "Craig" I 
> get a message saying that the account already exists. So, 
> safe mode says it's there, but doesn't show it.
> 
> I've tried getting suport from HP (I have a Pavillion 
> a510n), and they're about as bright as a box of burned 
> out light bulbs. Seriously, they told me I needed to 
> reintsall my OS! This advice, of course came after 6 
> other suggestions, none of which made any sense. ("Try 
> turning off other programs to see if you get more 
> memory.")
> 
> What the heck is going on? If the account is corrupted, 
> what do I do to get rid of it?
> 
> Thanks!
>