What are the different users?

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Max Yaffe

Can anyone tell me how the various user directories are defined & used
in WinXP. Under Documents and Settings I see the following:

Administrator
Administrator.COMPUTERNAME
All Users
All Users.WINDOWS
Default User
Default User.WINDOWS
LocalService
LocalService.NT AUTHORITY
NetworkService
NetworkService.NT AUTHORITY
USERNAME1
USERNAME2

The USERNAME1&2 and Administrator are obvious. What are the others?

Thanks,
Max
 
The only ones needed are:
Administrator
All Users
Default User
LocalService
NetworkService
Any user names you added.

All the other are usually from an atempted repair install or reinstall of xp
that was not done correctly.

Admin = obvious
All Users = things that all users on the computer can share and have access
to
Default User = stores all the defaults that are used to setup a user account
when you create a new user account.
Local service / Network service = xp system services needed for computer to
function correctly
 
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