User Name

[Dave]

Windows XP Home SP2

This morning when I booted my computer displayed the message, "To begin
Click your user name." I had never seen this message before and my computer
always booted to the Desktop. I don't understand why, all of a sudden, I
have to click a User Name.

When I checked the Control Panel | User Name I found that a new User Account
had been added to my system. I didn't add this. The User Account Name is
ASP.NET MACHINE A.... I checked the asp.net site and found, "Microsoft
ASP.NET is a free technology that allows programmers to create dynamic web
applications."

Since I am not a programmer and do not want to create dynamic web
applications I am at a loss to understand how this account got there.

The only changes made to my system was the installation of a new printer -
HP C5180.

1. Could the new User Account have been added by this installation process?
2. May I safely delete the account.
3. If I delete this account will my system go back to booting up to the
Desktop?

 

[RedForeman]

Windows XP Home SP2

This morning when I booted my computer displayed the message, "To begin
Click your user name." I had never seen this message before and my computer
always booted to the Desktop. I don't understand why, all of a sudden, I
have to click a User Name.

When I checked the Control Panel | User Name I found that a new User Account
had been added to my system. I didn't add this. The User Account Name is
ASP.NET MACHINE A.... I checked the asp.net site and found, "Microsoft
ASP.NET is a free technology that allows programmers to create dynamic web
applications."

Since I am not a programmer and do not want to create dynamic web
applications I am at a loss to understand how this account got there.

The only changes made to my system was the installation of a new printer -
HP C5180.

1. Could the new User Account have been added by this installation process?
2. May I safely delete the account.
3. If I delete this account will my system go back to booting up to the
Desktop?

1. yes, it was added when you installed something, probably Office?
maybe a web page editor?
2. No.... if you do, something will come down from the heavens and
make your computer do weird things...then you'll have to go out and
buy a new box with linux on it...
3. Not sure..

I had this thing called TweakUI (tweak user interface) and one of the
tools in it was AutoLogger, it would automatically log you in
everytime the PC boots....
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
- to download it...

you'll like it....

RedForeman

 

[Rock]

Windows XP Home SP2

This morning when I booted my computer displayed the message, "To begin
Click your user name." I had never seen this message before and my
computer always booted to the Desktop. I don't understand why, all of a
sudden, I have to click a User Name.

When I checked the Control Panel | User Name I found that a new User
Account had been added to my system. I didn't add this. The User Account
Name is ASP.NET MACHINE A.... I checked the asp.net site and found,
"Microsoft ASP.NET is a free technology that allows programmers to create
dynamic web applications."

Since I am not a programmer and do not want to create dynamic web
applications I am at a loss to understand how this account got there.

The only changes made to my system was the installation of a new
rinter - HP C5180.

1. Could the new User Account have been added by this installation
process?

Yes, it was added because the printer installation installed a version of
..Net framework. If you look in Add/Remove programs you should see a version
of .Net framework listed.

2. May I safely delete the account.

Yes it's ok to delete, though you don't need to.

3. If I delete this account will my system go back to booting up to the
Desktop?

No. Now you should go to the windows update site and manually scan for
updates. There might be an update for the .Net that was installed. This
could solve the auto login issue.

If that doesn't do it you can easily go back to an auto login. Here are two
ways to do that:

1. Go to Start | Run and type in: control userpasswords2 | Ok.

2. On the Users tab, clear the Users Must Enter A User Name And Password To
Use This Computer check box and then click OK.

3. In the Automatically Log On dialog box that appears, type the user name
and password for the account you want to be logged on each time you start
your computer.

You can accomplish the same thing by:

Download and install TweakUI for XP and use its auto logon feature.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Lastly you can add the Dialog box that comes up when running control
userpasswords2 to the Control Panel with the following tweak:

Add Control User Passwords2 to the Control Panel (Line 1)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm