how do I delete an account on Windows 95 without an admin account or knowing the password?
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For Windows 95 and 98, the accounts mean nothing.  \n\nYou can create more and more accounts, and still have access to everything.    Just type in a new name, and hit OK.  When it asks for a password, just leave it blank and hit OK again.  Poof, you've created an account with no password. \n\nThe account and password thing was only used when you logged into a network...  it serves no purpose. \n\nSo forgetaboutit. \n\nGood luck
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Try\n"Start - Settings - Control panel - User Accounts - Advanced"\nFirst of all , do you see all of the user acccounts there?\nSelect the first user account then select the ":Advanced" tab.\nMake sure the little box that says "Require users to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete"\ndoes have a check in it. Then click "Apply" & "OK". This needs to be checked for EACH user account!\n\nOr, possibly...\nClick Start, and then click Run. In the Open box, type control userpasswords2, and then click OK. In the dialog box that appears, enable Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer check box, and then click OK.\n\nIt sounds like someone may have set you up with a Default User name and Password.\n\nIf neither of these helps you, try this...\nClich "Start - Run" and type (or paste) this into the box\n\nrundll32 netplwiz.dll,ClearAutoLogon\n\nThen click O-K.\n\nThere is a way to go into the registry and clear this manually, but I'm telling you right now, you do this at your own risk.\nWhat I tell you will be 100% accurate, but If you make any one single simple mistake, you will be breaking your own computer. Don't blame me!\n\n\nOpen Registry Editor (Start - Run - "regedit" and OK) and navigate to: \n\nHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE &#92; Software &#92; Microsoft &#92; WindowsNT &#92; CurrentVersion &#92; Winlogon\n\nDelete the DefaultPassword entry. \n\nDouble-click AutoAdminLogon, type 0 in the Value Data box, and then click OK.
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If you are using Windows XP Home version, you should be an administrator all ready.  If not at the logon screen hit Ctrl Alt Delete and log on as administrator with no password.  This is assuming that no one has added an administrator password.  If this is XP professional you will need to talk to the person that set up the computer to find out what the administrator account and password is.
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Honestly, your best option is to just put in the windows disk and then reboot. Boot from CD and then it will allow you to reset all user accounts when it comes up.\nGood Luck!
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As long as you have admin access and another user with admin priveleges you can delete the admin account through User Accounts in the Control Panel.
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The reason this is happening is because of the ASP account that's installed with the .NET framework. Instead of just deleting the account, you can set your computer to automatically log in with a specific account. Note that this method will only work if your computer is not part of a domain (certain corporate/office networks)\n\n1.Click Start, and then click Run.\n2.In the Open box, type control userpasswords2, and then click OK.\n\nNote When users try to display help information in the User Accounts window in Windows XP Home Edition, the help information is not displayed. Additionally, users receive the following error message:\nCannot find the Drive:&#92;Windows&#92;System32&#92;users.hlp Help file. Check to see that the file exists on your hard disk drive. If it does not exist, you must reinstall it.\n\n3.Clear the "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer" check box, and then click Apply.\n4.In the Automatically Log On window, type the password in the Password box, and then retype the password in the Confirm Password box.\n5.Click OK to close the Automatically Log On window, and then click OK to close the User Accounts window.\n\nSee the source page for more techniques or if your computer is part of a domain.
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Your better off to backup all your files and create yourself a  new administrator account, and delete the old one. Thats what I had to do.
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Your username is not having access to these folders. This is the reason. You need to get the ownership of these folders.\n\nTo take the ownership of the folders, You must be having Administrative Privileges.  If you have it, then you can try these steps to delete those folders :\n\n1. Right click on the Folder. Click on Properties.\n2. Click on Security Tab\n3. In the lower-right part of the window, you will see a button named "Advanced". Click on it.\n4. Click on Owner Tab.\n5. Click on your Username / Administrator and put a tick on "Replace the owner"\n6. Click on OK. (Click "OK" for any windows appearing)\n\nNow you will be able to delete that folder.\n(These are the steps for Windows 2003 Server. Steps will be slight different for other versions of Operating Systems)\n\nGood luck.
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Not at all.  Anyone with login rights can browse the user list and see the altered administrator name.\n\nAlso, Windows by default shows the name of the last user to login.  This again would expose the name of the administrator account.\n\nIn the end, you are attempting to do the same thing as a password, i.e. have a secret word to use to login to the computer.  If you want security, use the security system on the computer properly.  Attempts to go around the system invariably weaken security.\n\nUse a proper password, don't give it out.
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Hmm. There should be a security question to remind you of your previous password. I would suggest trying all passwords you have used in the past. If that doesn't work, call your computer manufacturer tech support for better advice. You can't be without an administrator account on most computers, so perhaps, if you have more than one account to the Windows program, one of the others is now Administrative. Don't forget your owner's manual, it can help you alot! =)
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★★ RESETTING WINDOWS ADMIN PASSWORD ★★\n\n☞ http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&newwindow=1&safe=off&q=forgot+my+windows+administrator+password&btnG=Search
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You do not need a program to "reset" your computer admin password.\n\nsimply go to...\n\nStart>Run> \n\nthen type...\n\ncontrol userpasswords2\n\nand then hit ok.\n\n\nAfter that,...  Select your admin account, then hit "reset password". This will blank out your current password (i personaly recomend having a password on your admin account tho, big security risk if you do not have one)\n\nhope that helps =)
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Password used by system administrator
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If you can't remember the password, try this:\n\nReboot the computer and continuously tap the F8 key until you get a prompt that will let you boot the computer into Safe Mode.\n\nYou should see a user account called Administrator. Click on this, the password is blank/empty (no password) by default. If someone changed this password, then you're screwed and will need to either use a live linux distro to locate the SAM file and crack it - or reinstall windows xp completely (make sure you have the windows xp serial code laying around somewhere).\n\nAnyway, if you don't see the administrator account right away, click Start > Log off/log on and find it. If you have to type it in manually that will work too. If you can get into the Administrator account, you should be able to delete the old user account that you cant login to and create a new account for your friend. After that, just reboot and boot up normally.\n\nAs for identifying the computer and it's parts, download a program called CPU-Z or Belarc Advisor, they will tell you a lot of info about your computer.
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★★ RESETTING WINDOWS ADMIN PASSWORD ★★\n\n◙ There are several ways to reset a Windows Administrator password. Below are three examples.\n\n◙ First you have to decide whether you have Windows XP Home Edition or Windows XP Professional Edition. If you don't know you can easily find that information this way.\n\n1. Open the Start Menu\n2. Right-click the My Computer icon and click on Properties.\n3. The version will be listed there in that page's System Area.\n\n◙ How to reset the Administration password for Windows XP Home Edition.\n\n1. Restart (click Start Menu > Turn Off Computer > Restart) your computer.\n2. Press F8 repetedly until the Boot Mode menu appears.\n3. Start Windows XP in the troubleshooting mode by selecting "Safe Mode".\n3. When the Widows Logon screen appears, a new user account appears at the top called "Administrator".\n4. Logon with that account which rarely needs a password.\n5. Once you are in go to the Control Panel and reset your password.\n\n◙ How to reset the Administration password for Windows XP Professional Edition.\n\n1. When the Windows XP Logon screen appears, press CTRL+ALT+DELETE twice very quickly.\n2. Type "Administrator", and leave the password box blank and you are usually allowed to enter.\n\n◙ Didn't that work for you? Well there is another way you can try. You can go to the web site below and download a program that will grab your encrypted password file. Get the information from that program and email the info to the web site and in a day or two you'll get your password back.\n\n◙ TIP: You can get you password back in a few minutes if you give them $20.\n\n☞ http://www.loginrecovery.com/\n\n◙ More information at the Microsoft Support Site.\n\n☞ http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=site%3Amicrosoft.com+windows+xp+forgot+password\n\n◙ The source of this information was "PCs, The Missing Manual". If you have Windows XP you really need to buy this wonderful book. It is worth every penny they are charging for it. Ipoders will find some helpful information here too.\n\n☞ http://www.missingmanuals.com/\n\n◙ Your computer comes with built-in help files. To get password information click on the START BUTTON > HELP & SUPPORT > SEARCH FOR "PASSWORDS". These help pages used to be a complete waste of time because they were so vague. But now they are very helpful. Back in the old days hard drive space was so small they really couldn't hold the huge cross-referenced help files we have today.
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that sucks, there are a couple of things you can do though, if the information on the computer isn't important, you could reinstall windows at the expense of the data, or since you have a username and password, you should have also set up a admin account...type this address and follow instructions: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
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Someone on your PC has set up an administrator account! You will need their password.