I installed Symantec Ghost 9.0 on my Windows XP Pro SP3 computer. When I
tried to run it for the first time, it told me I needed to install .NET
Framework v1.1, which I allowed it to do.

After that, every time I would bring the machine out of screen saver
mode, it would present me with the login screen. When I looked at user
accounts, I saw that there was a new one called "ASP Net Machine A...",
a password protected limited account.

After doing a backup, I deleted that user account to see what would
happen. Ghost still works, and I no longer get the annoying login screen
when exiting screen saver mode. What was the purpose of that user
account? Will I eventually have problems due to having deleted it?

John
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Not to worry.

Asp.net is a "user" created by installing the .Net framework. It's not a
user account in the conventional sense, but intended for .Net developers.

If you don't happen to be a .Net developer, just go to Control Panel >
User Accounts and remove the account. Nothing bad will happen.

[With my luck, 20 years from now scientists will discover that removing
asp.net causes heart disease in laboratory rats.]
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

John wrote:
> I installed Symantec Ghost 9.0 on my Windows XP Pro SP3 computer. When I
> tried to run it for the first time, it told me I needed to install .NET
> Framework v1.1, which I allowed it to do.
>
> After that, every time I would bring the machine out of screen saver
> mode, it would present me with the login screen. When I looked at user
> accounts, I saw that there was a new one called "ASP Net Machine A...",
> a password protected limited account.
>
> After doing a backup, I deleted that user account to see what would
> happen. Ghost still works, and I no longer get the annoying login screen
> when exiting screen saver mode. What was the purpose of that user
> account? Will I eventually have problems due to having deleted it?
>
> John

On Feb 20, 2:00*pm, WaIIy <WaIIy@(nft).invalid> wrote:
> Thanks for that great tip. *In order to keep the "Nice Looking" logoff
> screen without the dropdown, I had to have my account set as logon
> with password.
>
> If I used TeakUI to set no password needed, I got the dropdown
> box when I logged off. *Upon logon, I just had to hit my icon and would
> log in since I have no password set.
>
> Now, it just boots right through. Geez, I only have been trying to
> figure that out for years.
>
> With the NET account gone, I boot right through.
>
> On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:39:22 -0500, Leonard Grey
>
> <l.g...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> >Not to worry.
>
> >Asp.net is a "user" created by installing the .Net framework. It's not a
> >user account in the conventional sense, but intended for .Net developers..
>
> >If you don't happen to be a .Net developer, just go to Control Panel >
> >User Accounts and remove the account. Nothing bad will happen.
>
> >[With my luck, 20 years from now scientists will discover that removing
> >asp.net causes heart disease in laboratory rats.]
> >---
> >Leonard Grey
> >Errare humanum est
>
> >John wrote:
> >> I installed Symantec Ghost 9.0 on my Windows XP Pro SP3 computer. WhenI
> >> tried to run it for the first time, it told me I needed to install .NET
> >> Framework v1.1, which I allowed it to do.
>
> >> After that, every time I would bring the machine out of screen saver
> >> mode, it would present me with the login screen. When I looked at user
> >> accounts, I saw that there was a new one called "ASP Net Machine A...",
> >> a password protected limited account.
>
> >> After doing a backup, I deleted that user account to see what would
> >> happen. Ghost still works, and I no longer get the annoying login screen
> >> when exiting screen saver mode. What was the purpose of that user
> >> account? Will I eventually have problems due to having deleted it?
>
> >> John

You could have accessed the logon section in TweakUI and remove the
"checkmarks" for every user account you do not want to should up on
the Welcome screen.