unable to delete an account

[harj103]

Hello there,
I recently sent my laptop off to be repaired under its warranty and when I got it back I found out that they had made a new admin account so that they could do some test. I now want to delete this admin account but find myself unable to, when I log onto my admin account and select the unwanted account it does not show me the delete account option, so I tried logging on to the account I want to get rid of and still I am not able to find the delete account option in the control panel. Can someone help me delete that account please?
Cheers guys i look forward to your expert advice.

 

[Kirsch]

Login to your account.

Click Start > Type Run > Hit Enter

Type "Control userpasswords2" (Without quotes) > Hit Enter

Highlight the newly created account, click "Remove".

 

[harj103]

i just done what you said and it said that it is unable to remove that admin account

 

[Kirsch]

Can you post a screenshot of the error please?

 

[harj103]

 

[harj103]

sorry i dont know how to upload the screen shot

 

[Kirsch]

Try this:

On that same Control Userpasswords2 window, click the Advanced tab > Click the Advanced button

Click "Users" > Right click the account > Properties

Click the "Member Of" tab > Click "Add..." > Type "Users" > Click OK > Highlight "Administrators" > Click Remove > Click OK

Then try to delete the account again by the steps above.

 

[richc46]

May not be the normal administrator account
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/507-built-administrator-account-enable-disable.html?filter[2]=User Accounts

 

[harj103]

this is what appears when i select the advanced button

 

[Kirsch]

May not be the normal administrator account
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/507-built-administrator-account-enable-disable.html?filter[2]=User Accounts

It's not a built in admin account, OP stated when he sent his laptop to get repaired they created one (presumably for testing purposes)

 

[richc46]

May not be the normal administrator account
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/507-built-administrator-account-enable-disable.html?filter[2]=User Accounts

Try this

 

[Kirsch]

Who are you logging in as? You are trying to delete just the account named "Administrator"? Then I was mistaken, my apologies to rich, follow his tutorial.

I hadn't even bothered reading the username you were trying to delete.

Basically, they didn't "create a new administrator" account on your PC, they simply activated the hidden one.

 

[richc46]

Who are you logging in as? You are trying to delete just the account named "Administrator"? Then I was mistaken, my apologies to rich, follow his tutorial.

I hadn't even bothered reading the username you were trying to delete.

Basically, they didn't "create a new administrator" account on your PC, they simply activated the hidden one.

No apology necessary, that is how the forum works. We all give our opinion and the OP choses the one he prefers.

 

[DeaconFrost]

sorry i dont know how to upload the screen shot

You take a screenshot, and then click the paperclip icon above where you type your response, and it will attach the photo.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-how-post-screenshot-seven-forums.html

 

[harj103]

wow guys it worked how do you know all these tricks, thanks for your help

 

[Kirsch]

wow guys it worked how do you know all these tricks, thanks for your help

Glad we could help! Remember to stick around, lots of good people here!! I'm sure if you do stick around you can throw out your knowledge about a subject the rest of us aren't as seasoned as you, you'd be surprised what questions pop up here

 

[richc46]

Want to know how I learned these tricks: simple. The best way to learn is to teach. The first time I came to the forum was to get help from Zigzag, I havelearned a lot from teaching and the great tutorials from Brink

 

[CarlTR6]

Want to know how I learned these tricks: simple. The best way to learn is to teach. The first time I came to the forum was to get help from Zigzag, I havelearned a lot from teaching and the great tutorials from Brink

+1 Great response.