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I have a weird profile on my PC

the user was not created by me and i am unable to delete it. I have Norton system works 2007, which says the system is clean. when I try to delete this account (which is named Administrator.JOSH) it tells me "administrator.josh is a system folder and is required for windows...

Tags: mjd@..., PC, System Properties, User Profiles

Discussion threads 2007-05-06

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