Marlon wrote:

> I ended up with the same asp.net account in my user account...the only clue i
> have is that i installed a brand new Hewlett Packard scanner....but i don't
> see the connection between the scanner and the new user account.

That account is created when the .Net framework software is installed.
That account doesn't do any harm, but if you don't do any development
work you can delete it with no ill effects.

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Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User