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i recently did a clean install of xp and now see that there is a user account
named asp.net Machine A... wha?? can i delete this account? how did it get there? i'm paranoid about it because the reason for the reinstall was total infestation with spyware. i really don't want to go down that road again. thanks, chris |
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It's a user account for the Net Framework. Programs can have accounts too. In this case it is to restrict program rights for web servers.
-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Goodbye Web Diary http://margokingston.typepad.com/har....html#comments ================================================= "RiderDude" <RiderDude@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news C4606C8-1DB2-4AA2-BA87-DB6923E46852@microsoft.com...>i recently did a clean install of xp and now see that there is a user account > named asp.net Machine A... > wha?? > can i delete this account? how did it get there? i'm paranoid about it > because the reason for the reinstall was total infestation with spyware. i > really don't want to go down that road again. > thanks, > chris |
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http://www.mvps.org/marksxp/WindowsXP/aspdot.php
regards, S.Sengupta[MS-MVP] RiderDude wrote: > i recently did a clean install of xp and now see that there is a user account > named asp.net Machine A... > wha?? > can i delete this account? how did it get there? i'm paranoid about it > because the reason for the reinstall was total infestation with spyware. i > really don't want to go down that road again. > thanks, > chris |
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roger. thanks.
"S.Sengupta" wrote: > http://www.mvps.org/marksxp/WindowsXP/aspdot.php > > regards, > S.Sengupta[MS-MVP] > > RiderDude wrote: > > > i recently did a clean install of xp and now see that there is a user account > > named asp.net Machine A... > > wha?? > > can i delete this account? how did it get there? i'm paranoid about it > > because the reason for the reinstall was total infestation with spyware. i > > really don't want to go down that road again. > > thanks, > > chris > |
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