How to clean my computer of saved passwords and user names?

How to clean my computer of saved passwords and user names?

Original title: I'll sell my computer

You must wipe the drive and reinstall the operating system. 
Unless you want other snooping in your files you need more than just delete your user names and passwords from different places on the computer.

Do not wipe the recovery partition.  The recovery partition is a small part of the disk that contains the files needed to restore the computer to factory State, see the computer user's manual or check the manufacturer support site for the from.

Secure erase
http://CMRR.UCSD.edu/people/Hughes/SecureErase.shtml

Reinstalling the operating system will take care of the major PART of the problem, but to be completely safe, you may want to replace the hard drive.

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