MacBook Air :: Tried Deleting A User Account, But Its Stuck On "deleting Account" For About 3 Hours?

Apr 22, 2012

I can't close system preferences and it won't do anything else. Did i do something wrong or is it normal?

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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

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Mar 20, 2012

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iMac
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May 21, 2012

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