At the DOS prompt

Microsoft(R) Windows DOS
(C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1990-2001.

C:\DOCUME~1\GARY~1.EBO>net user

User accounts for \\EBONY

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Administrator ASPNET Gary
Guest HelpAssistant Ray
SUPPORT_388945a0
The command completed successfully.

At the time I installed WindowsXP Home, I created Gary, Guest and Ray.
But, my question is about the accounts ASPNET, HelpAssistant and
SUPPORT_388945a0. What are the purpose of these accounts and are they
needed? Are any of these for remote access? Can any or all be safely
deleted? (I have a home Ethernet LAN, connected to a Vista PC, Mac,
and Linux box if that makes any difference.) If I do a clean
install will these accounts be there?

"Phisherman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> At the DOS prompt
>
> Microsoft(R) Windows DOS
> (C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1990-2001.
>
> C:\DOCUME~1\GARY~1.EBO>net user
>
> User accounts for \\EBONY
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Administrator ASPNET Gary
> Guest HelpAssistant Ray
> SUPPORT_388945a0
> The command completed successfully.
>
> At the time I installed WindowsXP Home, I created Gary, Guest and Ray.
> But, my question is about the accounts ASPNET, HelpAssistant and
> SUPPORT_388945a0. What are the purpose of these accounts and are they
> needed? Are any of these for remote access? Can any or all be safely
> deleted? (I have a home Ethernet LAN, connected to a Vista PC, Mac,
> and Linux box if that makes any difference.) If I do a clean
> install will these accounts be there?

Leave these accounts - they are system accounts that are created
automatically at install time.

When you open a Command Prompt, use cmd.exe, not command.com.
Command.com is a legacy command processor that goes back to
this old operating system called DOS, introduced some thirty years
ago. When you use it you deprive yourself of a lot of functionality.

On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 14:06:57 +0200, "Pegasus \(MVP\)"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>"Phisherman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> At the DOS prompt
>>
>> Microsoft(R) Windows DOS
>> (C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1990-2001.
>>
>> C:\DOCUME~1\GARY~1.EBO>net user
>>
>> User accounts for \\EBONY
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Administrator ASPNET Gary
>> Guest HelpAssistant Ray
>> SUPPORT_388945a0
>> The command completed successfully.
>>
>> At the time I installed WindowsXP Home, I created Gary, Guest and Ray.
>> But, my question is about the accounts ASPNET, HelpAssistant and
>> SUPPORT_388945a0. What are the purpose of these accounts and are they
>> needed? Are any of these for remote access? Can any or all be safely
>> deleted? (I have a home Ethernet LAN, connected to a Vista PC, Mac,
>> and Linux box if that makes any difference.) If I do a clean
>> install will these accounts be there?
>
>Leave these accounts - they are system accounts that are created
>automatically at install time.
>
>When you open a Command Prompt, use cmd.exe, not command.com.
>Command.com is a legacy command processor that goes back to
>this old operating system called DOS, introduced some thirty years
>ago. When you use it you deprive yourself of a lot of functionality.
>


Thanks. And I didn't realize there was a difference between cmd and
command.