Re: Undeletable user account.

[Michael Holstein <michael.holstein () csuohio edu>]

Probably because it was created under the context of LocalSystem. 
(DomainAdmin < LocalSystem). Start ADUC under LocalSystem context and 
try again.

/mike.

James Bower wrote:
> Hi all, one of my servers has recently been compromised.  No suprise but 
> the hacker created himself a user account.  The problem is that I can't 
> seem to delete the account.  The account is not part of any group.  When 
> you look at the account it and go to Member Of it doesn't show 
> anything.  When I try to delete it as the local admin I get an error 
> saying that "An error occured while trying to delete the user"  "The 
> user does not belong to this group.'  I've tried adding the account to 
> every group I can think of and then trying but I still get the same 
> error.  Also this is a stand alone Windows 2000 Server thats not running 
> Active Directory.  Anyone ever seen this before?  Thanks,
>
>
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