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Old October 12th, 2005, 07:55 PM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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I have repaired Xp,and now find I have a guest account ,with all the files for guest included.How do I get rid of guest and the files that come with it as it has doubled my usage from approximately 4,5 to 6.9 gigs all security updates have downloaded(Sp2 +updates as of today--12th POctober- odysey68 @hotmail.com

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Old October 12th, 2005, 08:03 PM     #2 (permalink)
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Control Panel> User Accounts>Guest Account>Turn off guest account

I think it's strange that the guest account would take up that much space.

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Turning it off does not solve my Problem,thanks anyway--when I repaired ,it asked for my name and I inadvertantly gave my first name that was different from thr Administator name and I think it duplicated SP2 and updates


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