unknown user acct. keeps appearing

[Koda]

Does anyone know why I keep finding a user account on my
machine that I didn't create?

Every so often I look in my "User Accounts" folder
through control panel and find this strange account.
It's name looks just like this "ASP.net Machine A..." and
it says it is password protected. I notice nothing
strange going on or nothing changed or deleted on my
computer when I find this account has been on my machine.

I am the only user on this computer and I know I never
made any other accounts except mine. I can and do delete
the account without any trouble but it just comes back
eventually. There is no kind of pattern about it either,
it just shows up when it wants.

I sure would like to know what it's about and a way to
stop it from self creating on my computer if I can. Any
one want to buy a computer?

Thanks for any help,

Koda
(e-mail address removed)

 

[David Candy]

There's lots of computer accounts that have nothing to do with you. Some programs get accounts. This is not an end user matter.
Add it here to hide
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList

 

[Courtney]

If you have installed all the critical and recommended updates, you should
have two additional accounts.

The ASP.NET account came from updating your .net (which was not necessary).
The other two accounts are your computer account (VUSR_computername) and
SUPPORT_######a# the windows update account.

Courtney sends....

 

[The Unknown P]

This is added automatically by the Microsoft updates. It
is part of the .net stuff. Do some research and reading.
This is harmless and you will find the as DOS get's phased
out the .net will be the wave of the future. If you don't
have any .net applications or don't use the repair wizards
found in your admin tools and you don't have a .net
passport then you can safely eliminate the acccount. Keep
smiling.

 

[Kelly]

Hi Koda,

This user was added from the .Net Framework update.

In order to run programs designed with .NET, you'll need the .NET
framework installed locally. However, you can visit any website that uses
..NET without having the framework installed.

When you run an ASP.Net application on a WebServer, not necessarily on your
local machine, that is the account the Web Server uses for
credentials/permissions.

ASP.NET is a programming framework built on the common language runtime that
can be used on a server to build powerful Web applications. ASP.NET offers
several important advantages over previous Web development models: More
information here:
http://docs.aspng.com/quickstart/aspplus/doc/whatisaspx.aspx

The ASP.NET worker process (Aspnet_wp.exe) should run with a different and
less privileged identity than the Windows default System identity. This
allows the process to run as a relatively untrusted user so that hosted Web
applications do not have administrative privileges and cannot compromise the
integrity of the server. More information here: http://tinyurl.com/aedb

/top10faqs.htm