Unable to delete renamed User Profile

Greetings!
I have been enjoying the nuances of Windows 8.1... right. Anyway, I have Win8.1 64bit on this excellent HP SLimline PC. Now I need some help with the OS. I'm an avid Windows 7 user and like it very much. Of my four PCs this is the only one with 8.1 and and I'm having some learning curve experinces, of which this is one.
So, I've had this computer since July 2014 and am not having issues other than with account administration. The problem is that the main administrative account (yes, I use two accounts, one for daily work and an admin account to manage the computer - life is more secure that way).
The admin account user name needed to be changed, so I did that. One would think that changing the account name would automatically do that across the board in the filiing system. In this case, not so. Win8.1 created a new profile.
I'm not saying that the profile name didn't change for login purposes, it did and that looks fine. However, in looking at the Users listed in File Explorer and also on the network, the old user profile still exists with all the rights and privileges of a normal administrator's profile.
I'm thinking this is not good for a couple of reasons; it causes confusion on the network. It also creates an un accessable set of files becuase there is no way to log in to clean it out. And it may pose a security problem.
Also, note this has not degraded the function of the computer, yet it does show up sometimes in unpredictable circumstances.
What have I done to mitigate this issue? Initally took a chance on system restore. I don't have a restore point going back far enough in time to correct this. Next, I tried the old fashioned "highlight and delete" some of the content. Not such a good idea and the system won't let me anyway. I am sure it needs to be done by the OS. I'm not sure I want to edit the registry, just yet, but that may be my only choice.
So, I'm at a stand still for resolution. Not wanting to rebuild the computer, I need some way to scrub the user profiles and remove the one that is supposed to be deleted.
As always, thanks to anyone who can suggest a positive way to correct this issue. It's probably really easy ... maybe
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Hi,
Welcome to HP support forums. I don't know why people hate Windows 8.1 (not 8), I love it and upgraded 80% of my laptops at home to Windows 8.1. My tablet uses Windows 8.1, my phone uses Windows 8.1 too. I only keep 2 machines run Windows 7 for support purpose.
Windows 7 also keeps old account(s), it creates new account profile when we create new user. Now back to your question, hope the following article helps.
http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2127747/delete-administrator-account-created-windows-windows-inst...
(Basically change old account to normal user account (not Admin) and you can delete it).
Regards.
BH
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