How can I delete a hidden user?

I'm using OS X Lion in my iMac 27". I started using Mac OS X 6 years ago in Power Mac G5 (Tiger). I updated the system from Tiger to Leopard. Then I purchased an iMac and I used Migration Assistant to transfer files from Power Mac (Leopard, PowerPC G5) to iMac (Snow Leopard, Intel). Few months ago I upgraded the OS X to Lion. I never did any clean install coz i dont want to reactive the software nor manually copy my iphotos library and others...
Few days ago I added a user named "B", which I deleted few years ago. Lion did not allow me to do so because the user existed. The user appears once when I migrate the data from Power Mac to iMac. (well, it caused a lot of trouble at that time, as the CPU changed, which is a fundamental change that i cannot use all application I was familiar with and costed a lot of money to buy new software..... ) I could not find any user in the System Preferences -> Account. There is no home folder for this user in the Hard drive. So, can someone tell me how to delete it? I am using this username to share files amount the windows PC. For security reason, It is much much better to keep this name for me to share files from mac to windows PC.

And, there are two groups of Everyone in the File Sharing.... look at the image I attached.

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One month ago I change my Iphone4 for a new one Iphone6, a soon as I set up, I can not loading any new programs in to.

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Do not work, appear my old ID and, that Account do not reconized my password
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