Too many XP accounts

[gregf]

I'm managing several PCs at an internet cafe, one PC as of the last
week or so, has under Documents and Settings far too many accounts it
would seem. The Administrator and Cafe accounts should be there, but it
lists the following:
admin
Administrator
All Users
All Users. WINDOWS
Cafe4
Cafe
CAFE FOUR
Default User
Default User.WINDOWS
LocalService
LocalService.NT AUTHORITY
NetworkService
NetworkService.NT AUTHORITY

The login screen only has logins for Administrator and Cafe 4.
I don't know where the others came from, or if it's OK to just delete
the whole things. Seems like I've done this before on a PC that had a
user named A. I deleted it and found out I deleted the customer (cafe)
account even though that account was still listed in Documents &
Settings. Weird...I'm a little confused as to what all this means. All
the PCs here have the same software/updates/service packs and basic
setup/logons, yet this one is the only one with this many accounts.
Coincidentally, something is making this PC extremely slow, and it's
not a virus, spyware, lack of RAM, or anything else I can find as of
yet.

 

[Thorsten Matzner]

I'm managing several PCs at an internet cafe, one PC as of the last
week or so, has under Documents and Settings far too many accounts it
would seem. The Administrator and Cafe accounts should be there, but it
lists the following:

Users may create new user accounts. Check the user restrictions on the
machines.
Duplicate accounts (with the same name and an .extension) may be
created during a System Restore or a reinstallation of Windows. To
find out, which profile is used, log on as the corresponding user and
type
SET
in a DOS box. Under USERPROFILE you can see the name of the profile
folder. Under ALLUSERSPROFILE you find the name of the actual common
users profile folder. Other user folders can be deleted (from the Safe
Mode) after you have checked for if there is any data in that you want
to keep.