Re: Multiple Administrators and Other Users Residing under "Documents and Settings"

This is by default within XP. All is well and no, there isn't a way to
remove or disable them.

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"A Baffled User" <vze265vd@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:afX6e.18625$1p4.8327@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Yesterday, I customized my HP notebook (model ze4933us), running Windows
> XP
> SP2, so that "My Documents" does not appear on the folder list in Windows
> Explorer or My Computer. I am the only person who will ever use this
> computer, so my one user-administrator account is all I need.
>
> I have just noticed today, however, under My Computer>Local Disk
> (C:)>Documents and Settings, that a whole crop of user folders have
> appeared
> out of nowhere. They are as follows:
>
> Adminstrator
> Administrator HPLAPTOP
> Administrator HPLAPTOP.000
> All Users
> Default User
> Ethel (that's me, more or less)
> Guest
>
> Who are all these administrators? Who is this "Default User"? Each one of
> these folders contains multiple subfolders. I'm willing to put up with one
> "Guest," but I don't want all these other folks on my machine. Is there a
> way to banish them?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Joan
>
>


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