Re: Administrator change

Thanks for the advice - I should have mentioned that the OS is XP Pro.
David's suggestion finally did the trick and got rid of 'David' as it
happens! I'm still surprised that extensive Registry editing, search and
replace didn't do the trick.

Thanks again,

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I've inherited a Sony Vaio from my grandson. The system restore disk has
been used but I am unable to remove all references to him despite
extensive registry editing. For example, pressing ctrl/alt/del twice at
the welcome screen still brings up his name as does user profiles in
system properties. Sony 'help' simply suggested doing another system
restore.

Can anyone suggest anything else I can do please?

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Rex
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Run through the restore again. It may well offer more than one method
of restoring - a non-destructive one that leaves user accounts and
applications, which is what you seem to have used, and a destructive one,
which starts with a format. This will remove all data from the system,
so back up whatever you've done so far. Other apps that aren't included
on the restore CD will have to be re-installed, too.

Alternately, create a new Administrator level account for yourself, log
into it, and then go to Control Panel, Users, and delete the old account.
You'll be asked if you want to delete the files and folders for that
account - say yes, as long as you have recovered anything you wanted to
keep.

HTH
-pk



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