I gave my sick brother a computer and a clean, new, unused copy of Windows 7 Home Premium a couple of years ago so we could communicate via email. He installed the OS and we communicated regularly. My brother recently passed away and I got the computer back. I cleaned out a lot of the artifacts and let the computer be upgraded to Windows 10 Home. I didn’t remove my brother’s name as administrator beforehand so now he shows up as the only user in the User folder in the C:\ directory. I show up as administrator in the Settings pane for Users and my brother does not. I have no problems with logging in as myself when the computer boots. I searched the profiles and hives areas of the registry and my brother’s name shows but mine does not. Since he doesn’t show up as a user anywhere except in the registry and in the root directory with his name on a folder I can’t simply delete him as a user. Can anyone tell me how to do this or point me to a document that tells me how to correct this? I would like to remove my brother’s name from the computer if possible and replace it with my own. I obviously don’t want to have to wipe the computer and start clean from the ground up if I can avoid it.
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The thread discusses how to remove or change the display of the deceased brother’s user account on a Windows 10 computer that was upgraded from Windows 7. The original poster asks for guidance on removing his brother’s account, which only appears in the registry and user folder, without deleting the entire OS. A helpful response provides a tutorial link on changing user profile folder names in Windows 7, emphasizing the importance of creating a restore point before attempting such changes to prevent system issues.
The thread discusses how to remove or change the display of the deceased brother’s user account on a Windows 10 computer that was upgraded from Windows 7. The original poster asks for guidance on removing his brother’s account, which only appears in the registry and user folder, without deleting the entire OS. A helpful response provides a tutorial link on changing user profile folder names in Windows 7, emphasizing the importance of creating a restore point before attempting such changes to prevent system issues.