Article ID: 935944 - Last Review: May 4, 2007 - Revision: 1.1

You cannot use Computer Management to delete multiple local user accounts

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SUMMARY

On a computer that is running one of the operating systems that is listed in the "Applies to" section, you cannot use Computer Management to delete multiple local user accounts at the same time.

MORE INFORMATION

You can use Computer Management to delete only one local user account at a time on a computer that is running one of the following operating systems:

Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows 2000

Note You can delete multiple local user accounts at the same time by using Computer Management in Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 and in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation.

Instead of using Computer Management, you can use the AddUsers utility together with the /e switch to delete multiple local user accounts at the same time.

For more information about the AddUsers utility, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

199878 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/199878/ ) AddUsers automates creation of a large number of users