"Account" with * in front of it???

[Guest]

In my Local Security Settings, Local Policies, User Rights Assignment, some
policies have a security setting with a long, numerical account starting with
an * (e.g., *1-1029-309039etc...). Why is this there, and will I mess up my
settings by trying to remove it?

Thanks,
jewels

 

[Vanguard]

In my Local Security Settings, Local Policies, User Rights Assignment,
some
policies have a security setting with a long, numerical account starting
with
an * (e.g., *1-1029-309039etc...). Why is this there, and will I mess up
my
settings by trying to remove it?

When you double-click on a policy to show its own properties window, is the
asterisk still there? I'm wondering if it isn't simply truncating a long
group or username. Normally these policies assign privileges based on a
group, not a particular account. So I'm wondering if you have groups or
accounts that were defined under a different instance of Windows whose SIDs
are unknown under your current instance of Windows.

 

[Guest]

Yes, the asterisk is still there. This computer is brand new and has not
been attached to the Internet. I did put another hard drive in as a slave
temporarily to copy some files, etc. that I needed, and then removed the old
drive. I hate it when these unexplained items show up. Do you think I can
safely try to delete the "user" from the security settings?

Thanks,
Jewels

 

[Vanguard]

Yes, the asterisk is still there. This computer is brand new and has not
been attached to the Internet. I did put another hard drive in as a slave
temporarily to copy some files, etc. that I needed, and then removed the
old
drive. I hate it when these unexplained items show up. Do you think I
can
safely try to delete the "user" from the security settings?

I wouldn't until after searching the registry on the numeric portion of the
string to see what other dependencies there were (assuming they aren't
listed in hashed registry key or data items).

 

[Steven L Umbach]

What is the user right and what other user/groups are listed for that user
right? What is the full number/SID? --- Steve