How Do I Remove A User From My Computer?

Asked By Patricia C Lahr 20 points N/A Posted on - 02/03/2015

My boyfriend set up my computer when I first bought it years ago. We have now broken up but he listed himself as the admin for my computer. I went to add a program to my computer and it will not let me unless he puts in his password.  How can I remove him from having admin rights and add my user as one?

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Answered By Anyet Thngo 0 points N/A #192487

How Do I Remove A User From My Computer?

Hi Patricia,

 

In order to delete the user with admin rights from the computer, the steps are as follows

 

1 Go to All Programs from the Start Menu and go to Accessories.

2 Right click on Command Prompt and choose Run as admin.

3. In the opened command prompt, type net user administrator/active:no ( for disabling the admin account) and net user administrator [/DELETE] to remove the admin user.

 

Regards,

Anyet

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Answered By Annet Donti 0 points N/A #192488

How Do I Remove A User From My Computer?

First, open "All Programs" in the "Start Menu" and then click on "Accessories".

Look for "Command Prompt" and right click it, then select "Run as administrator"

Click on "Yes" if it asks you, Do you want the following program to make changes to your computer?

Once command prompt opens, type: net user administrator /active:no to disable the administrator account

net user administrator [/DELETE] to delete the administrator account



Once you've typed in one of the following, hit enter. If you did the process correctly, it should say "The command has completed successfully.

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