Is It Safe To Delete This User Account?

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C. Davey Utter

Gentle Folk,

I have just installed .NET.Framework and I notice that it creates a
user account called...ASP.NET Machine A... Of course, having this
account present in my setup interrupts the boot-up until I manually
select my own account. I'm wondering if I can delete that account
without suffering ill-effects. Please advise.

CDavey
 
You can usually safely delete it, but you may handicap yourself later.

Are you trying to have the computer automatically log you in?
Start/Run
Type "control userpasswords2" ENTER
Uncheck "Users must enter..."
Click OK and follow prompts.
 
Thanks for the info. I am wondering how I might be handicapped by
deleting the user account.
 
The account was created when you installed the Windows .NET Framework
1.1
update from Windows Update.
The account is used by .NET Framework enabled applications to run in a
lower
and therefore a more secure context then running under your account
(which
may be an administrator or some other highly privileged account).
Removal or modification of this account may break any .NET Framework
applications if IIS is installed. (There are already a few out there
and significanlty more on
their way).
Borrowed from Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]

See also:
http://mvps.org/marksxp/WindowsXP/aspdot.php
 
Are you trying to have the computer automatically log you in
Start/Ru
Type "control userpasswords2" ENTE
Uncheck "Users must enter...
Click OK and follow prompts

Thanks Jupiter Jones, that solved my problem as well!
 
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