Why do I have lots of LocalService directories in Doc and Settings

[Martin C]

I was about to back up my C drive, so thought I would clear out some of the
dross that usually appears in the Temp folder of the users' directories in
Documents and Settings.

What surprised me is that I have 4 folders called:
LocalService
LocalService.NT AUTHORITY.000
LocalService.NT AUTHORITY.001
LocalService.NT AUTHORITY.002

First, what on earth are they and why are there 4 of them? I don't remember
them being there before.
This raises the following questions:

1) Should I just leave them alone?
2) Are they the result of something going wrong?
3) Should I delete any of them?

I also have the same problem with the administrator account.
This has
administrator
Administrator.MyPC
Administrator.MyPC.000

The same questions apply.

TIA

Martin

 

[John John]

Sounds like you might have had profile corruption problems or profile
permission problems at one time or another.

Which profile are you now using? Are you using the built-in
Admninistrator Account for your regular daily activities? Enter
%userprofile% in the run box or issue the SET command at the command
prompt to see which profile you are using.

John

 

[Martin C]

No, I am not using the built in Administrator account. I should have also
stated that I am using WinXP Home SP2 with all security updates applied.

I have one admin privilege account (mine) and 3 limited user accounts (for
my family). I have never even logged into the administrator account.

I have never had any problems (to my knowledge) regarding access problems
anywhere or permission problems.

Martin