Delete An XP User’s Account But Save Their Files
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If a user will no longer be logging on to your computer, you should delete the user account for security purposes. However, you may still need access to that user’s files. In Windows XP, you can delete a user account while preserving the user’s files.
A user account can be deleted through the User Accounts applet within the Control Panel. From the list of tasks, select Change an account. All the user accounts for the local computer will be listed. Click the user account that you want to delete. From the list of tasks, Click Delete the account. You will automatically be prompted as to what you want to do with the user’s My Document folder. Click the Keep Files button and then click Delete Account.
The user’s My Documents folder will be saved to a folder on your desktop that is assigned the user name of the account you just deleted. Keep in mind that the folder will not contain any of the user’s email messages, Internet favorites, or other settings.
2 Comments
Aryeh Goretsky
July 25th, 2008
at 11:00pm
Hello,
I believe one can also enter a copyright symbol by pressing and holding down the Alt key, typing 0169 on the number pad and then letting go of the Alt key.
Regards,
Aryeh Goretsky
Doug
July 26th, 2008
at 5:34am
Another way delete a username but to keep it’s userfolder (”C:\Documents and Settings\”)
is to do the following…
1. Right-click on “My Computer” and click on “Manage”
2. Once in “Computer Management” expand the area labeled “Local Users and Groups”
3. Click on “Users”
4. Click on the “username” and press the “Delete” key on your keyboard
5. If you want to keep the account, but disable it, right-click on the “username” and select “Properties.”
6. Put a “checkmark” next to “Account is disabled” and then click “OK”
You can also go to “Computer Management” to put users into different “Groups” for permission purposes.
1. With “Local Users and Groups” expanded, click on the “Groups” folder
**Most initial accounts in “Windows XP” are put in the “Administrators” groups which will give a users full, unrestricted access to the computer.**
2. For security reasons, it is recommended that users be put in the “Power Users” group or the “Users” group.
**I personally recommend the “Power Users” group
3. Right-click on the “usergroup” and select “Properties”
4. Click on “Add”
5. Type in the “username” what you wanted added to the “usergroup.”
6. Click on “OK.”
7. Click on “OK.”