To manage users, a special applet is included in the Windows XP operating system, which can be launched from the control panel. In addition, account operations can still be performed through the command line emulator using DOS commands. Therefore, to delete a user in Windows XP, you have several options to choose from.
Instructions
Step 1
User management in Windows XP is available only to administrators. If you are using a user account that does not have these rights, change your account. It is not necessary to reboot the computer for this, open the main menu and click the "Logout" button - this will take you directly to the screen for entering the username and password.
Step 2
After authorization, reopen the OS main menu and bring up the Windows Control Panel - the corresponding link is placed in the middle of the list in the right half of the menu. You can do without the main menu, but use the program launch dialog: press the Win + R key combination, enter the control command and click the OK button.
Step 3
In the Select a Category list, click the User Accounts link to access the list of accounts. This applet can be called directly through the program launch dialog, bypassing the previous step. To do this, open it with the Winr + R key combination, enter the command control / name Microsoft. UserAccounts and press the Enter key.
Step 4
Links to user accounts are placed at the bottom of the applet. Click the desired icon, and a list of operations that can be applied to this account will appear in the window - click "Delete account".
Step 5
Select one of the options when the screen asks you whether to delete files and profile settings for this user. This completes the uninstallation procedure.
Step 6
The operation of deleting a user can also be implemented through the command line. To access it, use the same program launch dialog - press the Win + R combination, type cmd and press the Enter key. At the CLI, enter net user "Username" / delete, replacing "Username" with the name you want. It is not necessary to enclose it in quotation marks if the name consists of one word. The user will be deleted when you press Enter.
