ASPNET?

[Guest]

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I just checked on my User Accounts and ASPNET has appeared on them.I am sure
it wasn't there yesterday.I am not on a network,my computer is a single-user
one and I connect to the Internet via a modem.Where has it come from?Can I
remove it safely? TIA.
A.

 

[Rock]

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Alan Thompson wrote:
> I just checked on my User Accounts and ASPNET has appeared on them.I am sure
> it wasn't there yesterday.I am not on a network,my computer is a single-user
> one and I connect to the Internet via a modem.Where has it come from?Can I
> remove it safely? TIA.
> A.
>
>

It's an account created with the installation of the Microsoft .Net
framework which is installed through windows update. It's a new
platform on which programs can be developed and run. There are some
programs now that use .Net and more will be. If you don't have any that
do you can remove .Net from Add/Remove programs and remove the account
if it's still there afterwards, or just leave things as is. It won't
hurt anything.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/technologyinfo/overview/

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

What is the ASP.NET Machine Account?
http://www.mvps.org/marksxp/WindowsXP/aspdot.php

The Welcome to Windows screen appears when you start Windows XP
after you install the .NET Framework 1.1
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;827072

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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"Alan Thompson" wrote:

| I just checked on my User Accounts and ASPNET has appeared on them.I am sure
| it wasn't there yesterday.I am not on a network,my computer is a single-user
| one and I connect to the Internet via a modem.Where has it come from?Can I
| remove it safely? TIA.
| A.

 

[Jon]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Yes, you can safely remove it. It isn't necessary for running local .net
applications, just for web based applications eg if you are running your own
server. If you ever did decide it might be useful, you could always
uninstall and reinstall the .net framework.

Jon

"Alan Thompson" <pushticat@removenospamshaw.ca> wrote in message
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>I just checked on my User Accounts and ASPNET has appeared on them.I am
>sure it wasn't there yesterday.I am not on a network,my computer is a
>single-user one and I connect to the Internet via a modem.Where has it come
>from?Can I remove it safely? TIA.
> A.
>