User accounts

[Blue_Gundam2002]

I was looking through AIDA32 and I noticed that there are 4 accounts that I didn't set up.
Administrator
ASPNET
Help assistant
SUPPORT_388945a0

Only ASPNET account is listed under user accounts in the control panel. I deleted the ASPNET account but it comes back when I restart.
How do I get rid of the 4 accounts?

[bailey]

I don't think you really want to as it is a part of the security features used with ntfs

[Blue_Gundam2002]

Originally posted by bailey I don't think you really want to as it is a part of the security features used with ntfs

All of them are? AIDA32 says there is a password set for the ADMIN account. I was never asked to set a password for it. Is there a default pass or something?

[bailey]

thinking that you are useing xp-pro installed with ntfs, you will have all the features that would be used in a large busness and all the security features for a very secure network,
your able to set up user accounts with passwords and rights and permessions, you paid good money for this high profile system, now you decide that you do not need this and you don't want to use this good of a system, I fail to understand the thinking of this picture, if you do not need all this or do not want it, you should have stuck with xp-home and on a fat 32 system.

sorry if I went off on a rant but I lost control.
why buy the best and turn around and start disableing everything

[Blue_Gundam2002]

I have home not pro. Now that I know what they are I don't want to disable them. I'm just worried that someone can get on my computer and use those to login or something. I like security, but I don't like not knowing what the password is on an account on my computer.

On my other computers I have set the administrator account password when I installed XP pro. But when I reinstalled XP home on my laptop, to get all the dell preinstalled junk off, I was not given a chance to set the password.
Am I not soposed to know what the password is?

[bailey]

if you did not set a password for the adminstrator account, then there is not one set. I recommend that you do that and then set up a user account for you dailey usage
it will help you from making a mistake too

keeping the adminstrator secure and only for you alone will prevent anyone from changing anything.
you can also set the permissions for the user accounts so that can be restricted to what you will allow them to do.
also you can password accounts and files too so nobody else can even see them.
there is so much that you can do that one would almost need to get the book on xp.

sorry if I came on too strong in the other post.

xp home will also give you the security features when used on the ntfs system

[pillainp]

Blue_Gundam2002,

Those are accounts that are set up automatically during the installation and updating of Windows XP. It has to do with the organization of systems based on the NT kernel. The Administrator is the built-in admin for the system, but when you are installing, if you remember, you were asked for the names of the users of the system. Those are the names that show up on the Welcome Screen at Logon. The Administrator account is hidden.

By default, every account you create using the User Account Manager is an Administrator level account and thus has total control over the system.

Even though bailey may feel he went off on a rant, he does have a point. On a system using NTFS, you have the power to restrict the access that users have to various parts of the system.

On a system installed using FAT32 (which I personally would never do), this whole discussion is moot.

For a stable and safe system, therefore, I always set up the Administrator account with a password at install, and then create the list of users (one of which is me). After installing all the necessary software and performing all the necessary updates, I then downgrade all the user accounts (except Administrator and myself) to the Power User or plain User level, leaving myself as the Backup Administrator.

That way, the system is protected and lives longer, and my hair stays black. :-)

[glc]

The aspnet account was set up when you installed the .NET service from Windows Update. The help assistant and support accounts sound like something that would come on a Dell preload or from installing some software.