Kids Plus!: You Cannot Remove a Family Member in Protect It! (180132)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Plus! for Kids 1.0

This article was previously published under Q180132

SYMPTOMS

You cannot remove a family member using Protect It!.

CAUSE

The family members (users) that you add in Protect It! are added as user profiles in Microsoft Windows.

RESOLUTION

To remove a family member if you are using Microsoft Windows 95, install Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0. When you install Internet Explorer, the Users tool is added to Control Panel. You can use this tool to remove a family member's user profile in Windows 95, which also removes the family member from Protect It!.

NOTE: If you are using Microsoft Windows 98, Internet Explorer 4.0 is already installed.

Internet Explorer version 4.0 is available free of charge from the following Microsoft Web site: After you install Internet Explorer, you can remove a family member by following these steps:
  1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
  2. Double-click Users.
  3. On the User List tab, click the name of the family member you want to remove, and then click Delete.
  4. When you are prompted to confirm the deletion of the user, click Yes.
  5. Click Close, and then close Control Panel.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about how to delete user profiles in Windows, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

156826 How to Disable and Delete User Profiles


Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/4/1999
Keywords:kbenv kbprb KB180132