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Oldroser
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      04-04-2010

I have two accounts, one I named Administrator and one with my persona
name. I checked in regedit where userprofiles are listed and there ar
files ending in 02 and 03 and they list paths to those two accounts. Th
missing 01 is probably due to the problems I had getting rid o
test-testpc that appeared on my computer when returned from repair b
the manufacturer. I know I could change the name to my own from Use
Accounts in Control Panel but underneath it was still test-testpc on th
hard drive.


I changed the name of the computer and that stuck. I made the ne
Administrator account but when I went to System Advanced Syste
Settings, then User Profiles and Settings only test showed up an
clicking on it wouldn't let me then click on Copy to copy its folder
and settings to Administrator.


I made another Administrator account with my personal name and the
deleted test instead of copying and then deleting. Maybe I stil
couldn't copy, maybe I was just so glad I could delete it

So only the two accounts to log on, only these two in User Accounts i
Control Panel, only the two in regedit (default and public seem to neve
show, don't remember right now if Guest showed up, I usually do't hav
it enabled.) In System Advanced System Settings User Profiles Setting
there are only these two accounts. BUT, when I look on my hard drive
under C:\Users there is an additional account
mypersonalname-mynewcomputer name, i.e. in addition to Administrator an
Anita, there is Anita-TheII. My computer's name is TheII. I delet
Anita-TheII, but it keeps coming back.How do I get rid of it?


And, oh yes, despite all this when I install Office, in the setup inf
under my personal name is...test. So test is still lurking somewhere
How do I delete his remnants

I am running Vista Home Premium 64 bit

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