my computer won't let me remove a user account from windows?

Question

theres my account, then my mom's. i'm on hers because mine doesn't work, and it's been so long since i've gone on it. i've tryed to delete it and i've tryed it 2 different ways and everytime i do it i just get no responce and i have to end program. can anyone help me to delete the profile without rebooting my computer? i can't afford that.

Answer 1

Go to Start. Then it should say your account name at the top. And have a picture on the left. Click on the picture. Then click Home. And then click on the account you want to delete, and delete it. And make sure you are on the Administrative account when you do this. And that you log off the accounts you want to delete. Or you can go to Start Control Panel, Pick Task (delete account) and delete them that way too.


**Hope this helps.**

Answer 2

To delete an account on Windows you need to go through the Administrator. Assuming that you have access, you click Start, Control Panel, and User Accounts. Click on Change an Account, click on the account you want to delete and get rid of it. That should do it. Good luck.

Answer 3

The profile you are trying to delete may be the administrator account and cannot be deleted. If you are on XP, go to the control panel, click on user accounts one by one. One of them will not have a "delete account" option. The others should have the option.

Answer 4

Go into the safemode of windows, either by hitting F8 on your keyboard before booting up or whatever your computer's set up to do. Also you might want to log into the Administrator's account to do so. You'll just basically go into the control panel, to user acounts etc... but do it in another account, maybe you can create a administrator's user account (one that has administrator rights) and use that one. Most likely, the account your using has errors' in the windows itself thats' causing the program to malfunction.

Answer 5

Go to start, control panel, user accounts, pick task "change an account", choose the account you wan't to delete, than you will have the option of deleting the account.
Just note, that if this account is set up to be the administrator, than you will have to chnge that to your account, and than delete.
hope this is helpfull

Answer 6

are you trying to delete the account without logging out of it?
or is your mom the ADMIN account? she has to be, and you have to delete it from her account...

wait im confused.. you cant reboot the computer?
Is your computer really screwed up or somthing?
What program are you having to end?

Answer 7

if your using xp pro you can right click on my computer and select manage then select user accounts and delete the one you want or you can try starting up in safe mode logging in as Administrator and deleting it that way.

Answer 8

if ur running xp press the ctrl+alt+delete or on some laptops press crtl+shift+esc...
then click on the user tab and make shure that your name isnt on
nowgo to control panel and click on users accounts then click on remove password if you have one then after all of this click delete acount. do this on your moms accout to delete your old one... this may take a wile to get rid of all your documents so just be patient....
ps. you may want to make a restore point first just incase u want to go back

Answer 9

You may be on a limited account which doesn't allow you to remove accounts.
You will need administrative Rights in order to do so.

Answer 10

well you will have to reboot the computer & go to safe mode

if you have an ep use the f8 butten until it goes to a optoin area choose safe mode & go under admistrater then do everything else the same as you did