Guest User Posted September 2, 2007 Posted September 2, 2007 I have an account on my Windows XP Media Center Edition machine I want to delete. I launch the User Accounts control panel and follow all the prompts. When I click the final button to delete (after the "are you sure"s) the app just hangs, and eventually goes to "Not Responding". I can create and delete other accounts just fine. But this one existing account causes the User Accounts control panel to hang when I try to delete it. Any ideas? Thanks.
Guest erik.kranzusch@gmail.com Posted September 2, 2007 Posted September 2, 2007 Re: Can't Delete User Account On Sep 1, 10:38 pm, u...@email.address.here (User) wrote: > I have an account on my Windows XP Media Center Edition machine I want > to delete. I launch the User Accounts control panel and follow all > the prompts. When I click the final button to delete (after the "are > you sure"s) the app just hangs, and eventually goes to "Not > Responding". I can create and delete other accounts just fine. But > this one existing account causes the User Accounts control panel to > hang when I try to delete it. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks. I have a few ideas: This is not a builtin windows account (like administrator or guest?) If so, I would go with group policy to disable the account. You are logged in as an administrator with appropriate rights to delete accounts? Restart the computer and retry the delete account operation. I know that sometimes if an account has been logged in, certain things are held open and account operations like profile copying can be affected. I would imagine this could in some cases also affect your ability to delete. try using start menu > run > compmgmt.msc > system tools > local users and groups > users - to list and manage this account.
Guest User Posted September 2, 2007 Posted September 2, 2007 Re: Can't Delete User Account On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 21:48:06 -0700, erik.kranzusch@gmail.com wrote: >try using start menu > run > compmgmt.msc > system tools > local users >and groups > users - to list and manage this account. Worked like a charm. Thanks.
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