Unneeded User Folders?

[Guest]

In the process of cleaning up a grandparents machine (2 GB of spy\adware <G>)
I found that there are several folders in the Documents and Settings folder
that dot correspond to the existing user accounts. I used the SET command to
verify the proper folders for each user, but I'm leery of deleting the other
folders. For example there is an "All Users" folder, and an "All
Users.Windows" folder with the latter being the folder in use (I verified
this by adding\removing items to the Desktop sub-folder) and a similar pair
of folders for "Default User". There is also a folder for each user as well
as a folder with the machine name appended to the name with the latter folder
being the one specified when running the SET command. There is a
"LocalService" folder as well as a "LocalService.NTAuthority" folder, and a
"NetworkService" as well as a "NetworkService.NTAuthority" folder.

My question is, is it safe to delete these extra folders, or should I copy
them to a disk in case of problem?

TIA for any help,

Nip

 

[Keith AH]

Seems to me that there is corruption on the main all users folder that is
why the creation of the new one
If it were me I would back all items to user items to a CD or additional
Hard Drive and redo the Pc.

 

[Guest]

That happened on my PC five months ago... Folders named "AllUsers.WINDOWS" or
things like that were in Documents and Settings Folder and I didn't know
why... I just reinstalled all again... Well, I suggest you do the same
Sorry for my grammar mistakes... I don't speak English very well

 

[Guest]

Thanks, I've already sent the machine home so at this point I'm not going to
worry about it, I was just hoping to learn a little about the user folder
structure. I honestly think I could have deleted the erroneous folders and
been okay, but I would have copied them to another disk (or a temp folder)
and tested first.

Thanks again!

Nip