Here's the deal...my computer has been complaining lately about lack of HDD space. I had a quick look around the HDD to see what was where and found the following in the Documents and Settings folder:
Administrator
All Users
All Users.WINDOWS
Default User
Default User.WINDOWS
Andrew1
Andrew2
Andrew3
Andrew4
I think some of these are from old windows installations. You know, that time where windows crapped out and you couldn't get it to work. In frustration, you crossed your fingers and reinstalled windows over top of itself. You promised to immediately back up all important data, format, and start from scratch. Somehow the format/start from scratch part got missed.
Anyway, how do I find out which of these are in use and which aren't?
I checked Control Panel -> User Accounts, but it only shows "Andrew" and "Guest". I think this backs up my thought process that some of these are old user accounts....?
Andrew
P.S. I just went and looked in Windows Explorer at the Desktop folder in each account, so I now know which one is the real Andrew and not the fake Andrew(s)...does that make sense? Can I simply delete the old ones?
Administrator
All Users
All Users.WINDOWS
Default User
Default User.WINDOWS
Andrew1
Andrew2
Andrew3
Andrew4
I think some of these are from old windows installations. You know, that time where windows crapped out and you couldn't get it to work. In frustration, you crossed your fingers and reinstalled windows over top of itself. You promised to immediately back up all important data, format, and start from scratch. Somehow the format/start from scratch part got missed.
Anyway, how do I find out which of these are in use and which aren't?
I checked Control Panel -> User Accounts, but it only shows "Andrew" and "Guest". I think this backs up my thought process that some of these are old user accounts....?
Andrew
P.S. I just went and looked in Windows Explorer at the Desktop folder in each account, so I now know which one is the real Andrew and not the fake Andrew(s)...does that make sense? Can I simply delete the old ones?
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