How to delete a Administrator Account?

[Happy100]

Hi, I have just upgraged from windows 2000 pro to windows xp pro and during the install upgrade it asked me to enter the name of the person using the computer, which I did.

Now that xp has finished installing, I have two Administrator accounts, one called Administrator which came across from win2k and the new one I seem to of created by entering the name of the person using the computer.

Is there a way to delete the first account, as there seems to be no option for this in User Accounts in the Control Panel?

Many thanks

Happy.

 

[tahoe2]

You can disable it (right click, properties), but it is a built in account, so it stays.

Following copied from TechTutorials.com

'The built-in Administrator account is enabled by default and cannot be deleted from the system. The name of the account as well as the password can be changed, however, and this is a recommended best practice. It is also recommended that the default Administrator account never be used or used as infrequently as possible and only when tasks need to be performed at an Administrative level. If there is ever more than one Administrator on a workstation, each one should have an account created for their use. In the event that you need to log administrative events, this would be easier if there were a number of different administrator accounts created rather than a single one.

The Guest account also cannot be deleted from the system, however it is DISABLED by default and unless there is some required operational need it should stay disabled. The only "need" for the Guest account would be a kiosk type terminal in a lobby of an office building or hotel and in that event it could be used. If there is ever a short time need to grant access to a temporary user to a system it's is always worth the "aggravation" to create an account.'

Hope this helps,
Corie

 

[Happy100]

Hi Corie

Thanks for the info, but where do I (right click, properties)?

Cheers

Happy

 

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