J
jay
Do I need this account? I have the Admin acc & my user acc but this
acc is also here;
ASP.NET Machine Account
MTIA
acc is also here;
ASP.NET Machine Account
MTIA
J
jay
I found this on the net, is this correct??
Can I delete it (meaning the asp.net account)?
You can remove this account, but it is vital if you do asp.net
development work on your machine.
By removing the account you may find your ASP.net projects will no
longer function correctly.
P
Paul
http://marksxp.mvps.org/WindowsXP/aspdot.php
"In September 2004 Microsoft released Service Pack 1 for version 1.1
of the .Net Framework, the automatic logon issue was corrected along
with further security enhancements, and full support for Windows XP
Service Pack 2. To download Service Pack 1 for the framework click
here (10.2Mb Download)."
Which suggests, if there was a problem, it would have been corrected
with the appropriate updates.
The account apparently allows .net programs on a web server to work.
If you had IIS installed, and had web pages computed by ASP (whatever
that means), then the worker thread doing that work, would login using
the aspnet account. By doing so, if the worker thread was subverted
by hackers, it would not have the privilege to do damage. If everything
on the computer runs as administrator, it's more dangerous.
It suggests your machine isn't completely updated, via Windows Update.
If it had been, perhaps you would have picked up dotnet 1.1 SP1 along
the way ?
*******
"Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1"
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=33
"You receive a 'Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1 (KB867460)
cannot be installed' error message when you install the .NET Framework 1.1
Service Pack 1"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/889109
*******
For more info, the astebner blog has lots of .net tools. For
example, this one, will tell you what is installed for .net and
give you some idea what needs updating.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/archive/2008/10/13/8999004.aspx
Note that, the ".net versions" are arranged in a stack, so they're
not independent of one another. You stack them like blocks. If you need
some service from 3.5, you have to install 2.0 and 3.0 first, then
3.5 stacks on top. Notice that the older 1.0 and 1.1 are not
part of the stack. You keep your 1.0 and 1.1 versions, if you
have programs explicitly dependent on them (some programs check
for those things and won't run without their "buddy" version).
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/DotNet.svg/513px-DotNet.svg.png
( from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dotnet )
This is the download link for the astebnet verifier.
This should give you a ZIP file. 239KB.
http://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-file.ashx...9-90-04/netfx_5F00_setupverifier_5F00_new.zip
There is a readme file inside the ZIP, with some options for running
the tool. If you ignore the readme, and just click the exe, a
dialog pops up, showing what the tool thinks is installed. The tool
can handle:
..NET Framework 1.0
..NET Framework 1.1
..NET Framework 1.1 SP1
..NET Framework 2.0
..NET Framework 2.0 SP1
..NET Framework 2.0 SP2
..NET Framework 3.0
..NET Framework 3.0 SP1
..NET Framework 3.0 SP2
..NET Framework 3.5
..NET Framework 3.5 SP1
..NET Framework 4 Client
..NET Framework 4 Full
so those are all the versions it can show. If you have 1.1 but not
1.1 SP1, then you'd want to update, as per the previous set
of two links (KB867460).
My machine only runs 2.0 and the tool lists "2.0 SP2", meaning
my 2.0 chunk of stack is fully patched. And it stays that
way, via Windows Update. Since I haven't installed lower or higher
components, that is all I've got. The .net 2.0 dependency is for
my ATI video card CCC control panel, and that is when it got
dragged in. If I was running something like the .net "Paint"
program, I would have needed a lot more of those to be
installed.
I suppose in principle, it is possible to scan a machine for .net
dependencies, so you could tell whether 1.0 or 1.1 could be
removed. But that seems like a lot of work. And if such a tool
existed, it would be on the astebnet blog.
Just a guess,
Paul
T
Tim Meddick
The "aspnet" account does not have an associated profile - so it does not
take up any space on your hard-drive and you will not gain any extra space
by deleting it.
It isn't really a security risk as the associated privileges to this
account are very limited.
So the question becomes, why would you really want to delete this account?
What would deleting it achieve?
==
Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.
Can I delete it (meaning the asp.net account)?
You can remove this account, but it is vital if you do asp.net
development work on your machine.
By removing the account you may find your ASP.net projects will no
longer function correctly.
take up any space on your hard-drive and you will not gain any extra space
by deleting it.
It isn't really a security risk as the associated privileges to this
account are very limited.
So the question becomes, why would you really want to delete this account?
What would deleting it achieve?
==
Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.
I found this on the net, is this correct??
Can I delete it (meaning the asp.net account)?
You can remove this account, but it is vital if you do asp.net
development work on your machine.
By removing the account you may find your ASP.net projects will no
longer function correctly.
P
Paul
Tim said:The "aspnet" account does not have an associated profile - so it does
not take up any space on your hard-drive and you will not gain any extra
space by deleting it.
It isn't really a security risk as the associated privileges to this
account are very limited.
So the question becomes, why would you really want to delete this
account? What would deleting it achieve?
==
Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.
It's an issue, when users see this.
http://marksxp.mvps.org/images/asp.net/users.jpg
They immediately assume the worst.
Paul
U
Unk
Just disable the account. Right-click My Computer, Manage, Local Users and Groups, Users,
right-click ASPNET, Properties, check the box, "Account is disabled", OK your way out.
Unk
J
jay
I think i'll leave it along as I was just wondering why it was there
anyway!!
Thanks goes out to all the help
____________________________
Jay