How can I remove a microsoft Windows 8 PC account

My father has been implemented of his account on our new Windows 8 PC and it has misspelled accidentally from his account of Microsoft and now it is stuck on the computer and we cannot remove it from the computer

If you do not know the password, you can request the password to someone you think that knows. But if you want to PERMANENTLY DELETE THE ACCOUNT CONTAINING MICROSOFT USER ACCOUNT, you can create a new user with the administrator type account and delete the old user account. Note that all applications that you have installed on the old account will be deleted, but you can decide to keep personal files.

  1. Open the charm > settings > change the settings of the PC.
  2. In the 'Users' section, click or press 'add user '.
  3. Select the account type. If the Microsoft account, enter an address of outgoing e-mail Microsoft account or click on "register for a Microsoft account" If you do not. If Local account, click on connect without a Microsoft account > Local account. Follow the steps below.
  4. When you are finished, do not go to the new user account. Go to Desktop > charm > Control Panel > user account > manage another account > select the new user account.
  5. Click or tap on change the account type. Select administrator and click or type to change the account type.
  6. Sign out of the current account.
  7. On the connection page, select the new user account, enter the password if you have created a.
  8. Go to Desktop > charm > Control Panel > user account > manage another account > select the old user account.
  9. Click or tap on delete the user account.
  10. Decide if you want to keep the files from the old account. If you want, click on keep files, if you are not, click on delete files.
  11. Then click on remove account.

If you have a user account that exists with the right administrator

  1. Go to Desktop > charm > Control Panel > user account > manage another account > select the old user account.
  2. Click or tap on delete the user account.
  3. Decide if you want to keep the files from the old account. If you want, click on keep files, if you are not, click on delete files.
  4. Then click on remove account.

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