New accounts that I did not create appears when I pull up Control Panel --> User Accounts

Z

Zero Wolfe

I'm running XP Pro on a Dell Notebook. A couple of weeks ago, I noticed a
new account that I did not create when I pulled up Control Panel --> User
Accounts. The account name is "ASP.NET Machine A....'s."

Does anyone know what this is and how it got on my system? It doesn't
appear on the main splash/logon screen. I have no idea where it came from,
when it was created -- except I know it wasn't there 2 months ago, so
sometime in the past 2 months it has appeared out of no where.

Also, on another machine, also running XP Pro, a new directory appeared --
one that I did not create -- under C:\Documents and Settings. It appears to
be a derivative of my main account. My account name is ZeroW.200; the new
directory is named Zero~1~200. The only subdirectories are \LOCALS~1\Temp.
Nothing in either of these sub directories.

Any idea what this is? Any help appreciated.

-ZW
 
J

Jos

The account name is "ASP.NET Machine A....'s."

You probably installed dot-net framework via windowsupdate.
 
J

Jupiter Jones [MVP]

Steve;
No, do not delete it.
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. (There are already a few out there and significanlty
more on
their way).
"Borrowed from "Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]"

See also:
http://www.mvps.org/marksxp/windowsxp/aspdot.htm
 

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