How to delete a greyed out user account?

I'm trying to delete several user accounts, but some (both standard and admin) are greyed out even after i unlock the window in preferences/accounts. I can't find any info on why this might be, or how to delete these user accounts. Anybody have any ideas?
Thanks.

Well, I think that was the answer, since when i rebooted, then I had free access to all the accounts. Thanks for your quick response.
-wayne

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