Dell Vista Upgrade Error

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Hello, I upgraded my Dell (Used to have XP:MCE) to Vista about 5 months ago, and this little annoying issue happened. Never really bothered to fix it, but I guess it is time to try... Whenever I restart my PC, it will automatically boot into a user account that does not exist. This means when I restart my PC I see 'Preparing your desktop' for a few minutes/ In the past, once it logs me in to the newly created account, I just click 'Log Off' and login to the 'Administrator' account. How can I delete this account? It does not show up in the User Accounts under the control panel. The only thing I can think of it's left over from the upgrade, and it is somewhere in the registry or something left over (It does not show up in C:\Users\X either). Thanks for any insight. Message Edited by joey85 on 07-26-2007 08:24 PM Message Edited by joey85 on 07-26-2007 09:35 PM

pcgeek11 · Answer

When you say you upgraded, did you upgrade Windows MCE to Vista or did you wipe the hard drive and install Vista clean? If you did a true upgrade the User you had under MCE should still be there. If you did a clean installation; did you create a user? If not it sounds like it is logging in directly to the guest account.   You say that you are lohgging out and then logging back into the 'Administrator' account. That is not what that account is for, but it is your choice...   To fix this behaviour you need to create a user for yourself to use and then if you so desire give yourself administrative rights.   pcgeek11

joey85 · Answer

Thats right, I did upgrade, not a clean install. And I also did have the user under MCE. The thing is I think there was some sort of error with the upgrade software, because it finished all of the automated stuff and left the computer, I assume under the Admin account. I was actually disappointed because all of my documents were missing (My Documents, Music, etc) but I figured I can get them back... Well, fast forward ~1 week from when I upgraded, I restarted my PC and the automated process started back up. "Upgrading your user accounts"... I was already using the Admin account for 1 week, so I copied the files from the newly upgraded user account and stuck with the admin account. So i've been doing that up until this point, I was just wondering if there was a way to force delete this account and all traces of it so it will stop creating that account when I restart my PC. If it is going to mean doing a fresh install, I can deal with it.

Message Edited by joey85 on 07-27-2007 05:54 PM

pcgeek11 · Answer

Well here are my two cents.   Upgrades for an OS seems to always have issues since post DOS only days. There always seems to be some piece of garbage hanging around. Some are livable some are not.   If you want Vista to run as it was intended ( as much as possible ) I would recommend a fresh clean installation.   pcgeek11

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