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More info?)
It could be the remnant of a normal user account that was made and then
deleted. In any case, it's not an active account and you shouldn't worry
about it.
"geekseeker" <geekseeker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E2E2B286-9AAD-4545-86FE-661CE0EF8EEE@microsoft.com...
> MMMMMMMMMM.....this problem shows up on a desktop pc running XP Home that
> is
> connected only to a home network ...the other systems on the network are a
> laptop running XP Home, a old desktop running W98SE and a TiVo. There has
> never been a domain connection, but perhaps I am not saavy enough to have
> recognized it. The current router is a DLink wireless but there was a
> Linksys
> wired network prior to that.
>
> "Scott M." wrote:
>
>> I have seen this type of account appear when a system has joined a domain
>> and then been removed from the domain. The account is a remnant of an
>> account that was deleted from the system but stills belongs to your
>> machine's administrator group (that usually happens when your machine is
>> connected to a domain and an account is deleted on it.
>>
>>
>> "geekseeker" <geekseeker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:335F4BDD-8C80-45F4-92A6-DC433599E3E2@microsoft.com...
>> > Thanks, Scott. That was most helpful.
>> >
>> > Perhaps you might know the answer to another user-permissions related
>> > anomaly that is occuring when I scan my desktop with Microsoft Baseline
>> > Security Analyzer 2.0 ... it tells me I have three administrators, two
>> > that I
>> > expected (myself and the default "Administrator") and one that I didn't
>> > expect by the name of "S-1-5-21-3779935395-2437969446-162025716-1003"
>> > This
>> > latter one does not show up when looking at users via the control panel
>> > or
>> > using Start...Run...control userpasswords2 to detect User Accounts.
>> > When
>> > I
>> > did a registry search I found it only in one folder with the name
>> > "Protected
>> > Storage System Provider" Any idea where this strange-named
>> > administrator
>> > comes from?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "Scott M." wrote:
>> >
>> >> Because you have the .NET Framework installed on your system. This
>> >> installs
>> >> as part of any Windows service packs you may have installed. It is
>> >> perfectly fine for you to leave this account alone.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "geekseeker" <geekseeker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:B6464662-3123-4FBD-851B-559D22F4E953@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Home XP System.
>> >> >
>> >> > Using Start...Run...control userpasswords2 to detect User Accounts
>> >> > ....
>> >> >
>> >> > Why does ASPNET show up as a user with "Users" privileges?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
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