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re: Program not responding when deleting user accounts
Monday, December 26, 2005 at 2:42 pm
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Posted by Tim (101 messages posted)


Thanks for the quick reply. There are no passwords on the accounts. XP Pro opens up and there are icon's for the different users. There is no password after clicking on any of the users. Also, what is the "Recovery Solution" and how do I get to it. Thanks again. Tim


On Monday, December 26, 2005 at 2:27 pm, Dan Sarandrea, MCSE wrote:
>This might happen if, when those administrative-level accounts were being set up,
>the user chose to make their folders private. This choice removes other computer
>administrators from the access control list for these accounts' respective user profile
>folders within the Documents and Settings folder.
>
>Try logging on as these users and remove the passwords on the accounts, then log
>off and logon as the built-in Administrator account to delete these users.
>
>With a used computer, IMO it's best for both buyer and seller to start with a clean
>slate, so my advice would be to run the Recovery solution provided by the computer
>manufacturer to return the computer to out-of-the-box condition.


Written in response to:
re: Program not responding when deleting user accounts (Dan Sarandrea, MCSE: Monday, December 26, 2005 at 2:27 pm)

Responses to this message:
*re: Program not responding when deleting user accounts (Dan Sarandrea, MCSE: Monday, December 26, 2005 at 2:49 pm)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-Program not responding when deleting user accounts (Tim: Mon, Dec 26, 2005, 2:16 pm)
-re: Program not responding when deleting user accounts (Dan Sarandrea, MCSE: Mon, Dec 26, 2005, 2:27 pm)
-re: Program not responding when deleting user accounts (Tim: Mon, Dec 26, 2005, 2:42 pm)
-re: Program not responding when deleting user accounts (Dan Sarandrea, MCSE: Mon, Dec 26, 2005, 2:49 pm)
*re: Program not responding when deleting user accounts (Tim: Mon, Dec 26, 2005, 3:04 pm)
-re: Program not responding when deleting user accounts (Tim: Tue, Dec 27, 2005, 9:19 am)
-re: Program not responding when deleting user accounts (Dan Sarandrea, MCSE: Tue, Dec 27, 2005, 9:23 pm)
*re: Program not responding when deleting user accounts (Tim: Wed, Dec 28, 2005, 7:58 am)
*re: Program not responding when deleting user accounts (James: Wed, Jun 25, 2008, 2:40 am)
-re: Program not responding when deleting user accounts (Erik: Mon, Dec 26, 2005, 2:32 pm)
*re: Program not responding when deleting user accounts (Tim: Tue, Dec 27, 2005, 9:11 am)
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