problem deleting user account using XP

sqwatter · Jul 5, 2007

Recently another account on my computer has been seriously screwing up so i decided to delete it and start from scratch. the account has administrator status like my own account but when i attempted to delete the said account via my own account, control panel stopped responding and has done at every subsequent attempt. An error message box then appears saying that mshta.exe causes the problem. any ideas on what i can do because the account seriously slows the computer down and for example, changes settings in my network connections and its driving me up the wall.
thanks a lot in advance

TimW · Jul 5, 2007

Your security software may be stopping you from making the changes ...you may want to disable it until you can delete the account.
Have you tried doing it in safe mode?
Also:

mshta.exe is a part of Microsoft Windows Operating System which is needed to execute .HTA files.

however a malware can be named anyrhing, so do search for this files location and rtclick on it and check its properties.

however hackers have identified a nasty flaw (in it), that allows trojans and other malicious software to be introduced onto a machine via Internet Explorer despite security settings. a file is dropped onto the infected system using activeX drive by, the file is run, and then immediately loads the Windows application MSHTA.EXE from the Windows folder...

...some developer of the BOClean anti-trojan program, have long regarded MSHTA as a serious security threat...

so rather than removing this file, i suggest you disable mshta.exe using HTAStop, a small program that allows you to quickly disable or enable Windows' ability to run HTA scripts directly and even rename mshta.exe, from http://www.nsclean.com/htastop.html
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