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Step 4Delete Extra User Accounts
Although having a new User Account created takes up no more than around 200 kb on your hard drive, you may be surprised how much space it will consume when that account is logged onto and is used to download files, run programs, etcetera.
More often than not, another resulting slowdown is the fact that other accounts are logged on even when they are not in use. Even though the account in the background isn't "active", the programs that are loaded, the user's profile and other items are still resident in memory and taking up resources.
If you are the only one using the computer, or can handle having only one account for multiple people, then delete the other users, move all of your files to the one account, and notice the difference in speed.
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WARNING: Make sure that you always have at least one administrator account to be able to make changes to the computer. If you want to save the user folder files from the user account you are deleting, then make sure you click to “Keep Files.”
Here's how to delete a User Account:
1. Log onto the computer using an account with administrator privileges.
2. Click the Start Button.
3. Click Control Panel
4. Click User Accounts
4. Select Manage another account.
5. When the UAC box pops up, click Continue.
6. Select the user account that is to be deleted.
7. Click Delete the Account.
8. You will be asked if you wish to keep the files from the deleted account. To save the account's desktop and personal files to your desktop, click Keep Files. This will place the files into a directory with the account's name onto your desktop. Otherwise click the Delete Files button.
9. Click Delete Account.
• You may also want to simply disable multi-user logins. This will force each user to log out before someone else logs in. This means that someone else programs won't be running and bog down the machine.
More often than not, another resulting slowdown is the fact that other accounts are logged on even when they are not in use. Even though the account in the background isn't "active", the programs that are loaded, the user's profile and other items are still resident in memory and taking up resources.
If you are the only one using the computer, or can handle having only one account for multiple people, then delete the other users, move all of your files to the one account, and notice the difference in speed.
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WARNING: Make sure that you always have at least one administrator account to be able to make changes to the computer. If you want to save the user folder files from the user account you are deleting, then make sure you click to “Keep Files.”
Here's how to delete a User Account:
1. Log onto the computer using an account with administrator privileges.
2. Click the Start Button.
3. Click Control Panel
4. Click User Accounts
4. Select Manage another account.
5. When the UAC box pops up, click Continue.
6. Select the user account that is to be deleted.
7. Click Delete the Account.
8. You will be asked if you wish to keep the files from the deleted account. To save the account's desktop and personal files to your desktop, click Keep Files. This will place the files into a directory with the account's name onto your desktop. Otherwise click the Delete Files button.
9. Click Delete Account.
• You may also want to simply disable multi-user logins. This will force each user to log out before someone else logs in. This means that someone else programs won't be running and bog down the machine.
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Jun 28, 2011. 10:45 PMfastlines49s
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While deleting user accounts may increase speed, it can also pose a security threat. I would recommend at least 1 extra user account with non-administrator privileges. Malicious programs will not be able to access and make changes to your computer without your permission on this new account. Do consider the advice of the commenter below me and disable multi-user logins.
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Aug 28, 2009. 12:58 AMdaemonfist
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Interesting tip. Here is an alternate for Windows and Linux users (I am not sure if Mac allows multi0user logins these days or not): If you can't/don't want to handle a single account (mostly for sanity reasons, if you are the "tech person" in your household), then simply disable multi-user logins. This will force each user to log out before someone else logs in. This means that someone else programs won't be running and bog down the machine.
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Aug 28, 2009. 10:39 PMlukethebook333 (author)
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Added a note, thanks!
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