Assuming you wish to let the system still be operational when you hand it over,
the process outline is:
- Save what you want to keep
- Cleanup your Identity
- destroy all bookmarks and cookies
- create a new user login and give it the Admin authority (for the new user)
- delete your logon ID
(1) unless you took direct actions to create folders in c:\ - -
your personal folders & files are in %userprofile%\*
{eg \Documents and Settings\
yourLoginId\*}
There are several means to save this data, incluing the Migration Wizard (if your new systems is available immediately), or a backup of that folder to some external media.
(2) Go to
www.identityfinder.com and download the IdentityFinder utility.
When you run it, it will discover all places where login/passwords are stored and offer to clean those up
(3) For every browser installed, use the Tools (or sometimes the Options) to
a) delete all cookies
b) manage Bookmarks where you can delete them all
(4) Use the Control Panel -> User Accounts to create the new ID, set Admin
but leave it w/o a password
(5) To delete your EXISTING login;
Login to the NEW account, use Control Panel -> User Accounts
and delete the EXISTING login that you were using.
Allow the system to delete all user files.
CAVEAT EMPTOR: DO NOT DELETE the account shown as Administrator!
If that was the account you were using daily - - - grrr, we'll have to do major surgery
