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<blockquote data-quote="realmjumper99" data-source="post: 1100502" data-attributes="member: 169596"><p>I didn't find anything similar when searching so here goes.</p><p></p><p>I am using snow leopard on both imac and mac Pro computers. Whenever I need to add new users (it is a research lab with new people coming) I do the following:</p><p>1. Log in as me</p><p>2. Go to System Preferences > Accounts</p><p>3. Click lock and type in administrator information</p><p>4. Click the plus sign to add new user</p><p>5. type in user name, account name, password and verify password</p><p>6. Click "Create Account" button</p><p></p><p>When I click the button at the end the beachball comes up and the computer slows down drastically. I let the computer set and when I came back two days later it was still stuck there. The only thing I can do is force quit the computer or shut it down. </p><p>Whenever I go to add the user again it won't let me because it says the user already exists though it is not in the user list. </p><p></p><p>What do I need to do to either get the user into the user list or to delete it so I can retry it. I have 6 computers that I need to add the new users to and it will make life a lot easier if the user name is the same on all of them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="realmjumper99, post: 1100502, member: 169596"] I didn't find anything similar when searching so here goes. I am using snow leopard on both imac and mac Pro computers. Whenever I need to add new users (it is a research lab with new people coming) I do the following: 1. Log in as me 2. Go to System Preferences > Accounts 3. Click lock and type in administrator information 4. Click the plus sign to add new user 5. type in user name, account name, password and verify password 6. Click "Create Account" button When I click the button at the end the beachball comes up and the computer slows down drastically. I let the computer set and when I came back two days later it was still stuck there. The only thing I can do is force quit the computer or shut it down. Whenever I go to add the user again it won't let me because it says the user already exists though it is not in the user list. What do I need to do to either get the user into the user list or to delete it so I can retry it. I have 6 computers that I need to add the new users to and it will make life a lot easier if the user name is the same on all of them. [/QUOTE]
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