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I noticed that under System Properties > Advanced > User Profiles >
Settings, in addition to the Administrator account and the user profiles
I have set up, there is an entry for "Account Unknown." The delete
button is greyed-out for this entry.
What is this; should I be concerned; how can I delete it?
In Googling, I've seen an "Account Unknown" issue for pre-SP1 XP Home
systems, but I'm running XP pro with SP2. (The solution for that issue
was to install SP1).
A perhaps related issue (perhaps the cause) is that sometime ago I
created and then deleted a user profile. Although this profile does not
appear on Control Panel > User Profiles or on System Properties >
Advanced > User Profiles > Settings, the file structure for the profile
remains on the hard drive under C:\Documents and Settings\. I've
attempted to move or delete this file structure (to see if the "Account
Unknown" entry would go away), but I can't do that because I get the
message that ntuser.dat can't be moved or deleted because it's in use.
Any suggestions?
I noticed that under System Properties > Advanced > User Profiles >
Settings, in addition to the Administrator account and the user profiles
I have set up, there is an entry for "Account Unknown." The delete
button is greyed-out for this entry.
What is this; should I be concerned; how can I delete it?
In Googling, I've seen an "Account Unknown" issue for pre-SP1 XP Home
systems, but I'm running XP pro with SP2. (The solution for that issue
was to install SP1).
A perhaps related issue (perhaps the cause) is that sometime ago I
created and then deleted a user profile. Although this profile does not
appear on Control Panel > User Profiles or on System Properties >
Advanced > User Profiles > Settings, the file structure for the profile
remains on the hard drive under C:\Documents and Settings\. I've
attempted to move or delete this file structure (to see if the "Account
Unknown" entry would go away), but I can't do that because I get the
message that ntuser.dat can't be moved or deleted because it's in use.
Any suggestions?