David, Usually this is because you are trying to delete the account when you have started up from a user account that does not have "admin" privileges. But, I'll bet you've already checked that. My 2¢ John >> Howdy folks, >> I created a user account for a friend to use while he was visiting. >> When I try to delete the account, I get the dialogue that the user >> will be deleted and a disk image will be stored in the "Deleted Users" >> folder. The disk image does get created, but the user account still >> remains. >> I've tried restarting after "deleting" the user and still it remains. >> Any ideas? >> Dave Schwartz