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bokdol

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ahh ok now lets see if someone can help me. i forgot how to do this.

so i have my main acount a.
and then i created a second acount b.
i switched to acount b to delete acount a
i wanted to recreate acount a but it says username is in use and i cant make it again.
so how can i recreate acount a. the first acount.

thanks
 

bokdol

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yellow said:
How did you delete account a?


using acount b (this is also admin)

useing the system pref. i deleated the acount. stardard way. but i read somewhere the very first acount you create on the computer could not be recreated unless by some strange way... i just forgot how. :(
 

bokdol

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Jul 23, 2002
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you need the setup assistant in the utilities folder. if you dont have one the just copy it from someone else. that will recreate the account that was deleated. i was freaked out at first. but all the other accounts were still there and the main account was fresh and clean. :)
 
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