I tried to remone a startup program with msconfig and XP told me I had to
be administrator to do so. The system was a gift so I don't know which >choice was administrator. One is guest, the other two are the previous >owner's and his wife. I am using the previous owner choice when the system >starts.
Now what? His wife? Doubtful. Can I make myself administrator? I need to >remove that app and many others.
I tried to remone a startup program with msconfig and XP told me I had to
be administrator to do so. The system was a gift so I don't know which >choice was administrator. One is guest, the other two are the previous >owner's and his wife. I am using the previous owner choice when the system >starts.
Now what? His wife? Doubtful. Can I make myself administrator? I need to >remove that app and many others.
TIA
I tried to remone a startup program with msconfig and XP told me I had to
be administrator to do so. The system was a gift so I don't know which choice was administrator. One is guest, the other two are the previous owner's and his wife. I am using the previous owner choice when the system starts.
Now what? His wife? Doubtful. Can I make myself administrator? I need to remove that app and many others.
TIA
control userpasswords2[]
Not all accounts on a computer are full accounts.
Some have no home directory. An account called
"Updatus" or similar, might belong to some NVidia
driver software. If you were thinking all the
accounts in there were created by humans, some
are side effects of software.
Paul
In message <oug1gd$u8v$1@dont-email.me>, Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> writes:
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control userpasswords2[]
Not all accounts on a computer are full accounts.
Some have no home directory. An account called
"Updatus" or similar, might belong to some NVidia
driver software. If you were thinking all the
accounts in there were created by humans, some
are side effects of software.
Paul
I have "Administrator", "ASPNET", and "me"; Administrator and me are in "Administrators" group, and ASPNET is in "Users" group. Any idea what
ASPNET might be?
J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:[]
I have "Administrator", "ASPNET", and "me"; Administrator and me are
in "Administrators" group, and ASPNET is in "Users" group. Any idea
what ASPNET might be?
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/555299#!en-us%2Fhelp%2F555299
"ASP.NET Machine Account is created when the [.net] 1.1
is installed onto a Windows XP machine."
"If one works with asp.net development work then he/she
must keep that account, otherwise ASP.net projects will
no longer function correctly." [Oh,my]
It's something most people won't be using.
Paul
In message <oug9he$mki$2@gioia.aioe.org>, Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> writes:
J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:[]
I have "Administrator", "ASPNET", and "me"; Administrator and me are
in "Administrators" group, and ASPNET is in "Users" group. Any idea
what ASPNET might be?
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/555299#!en-us%2Fhelp%2F555299
"ASP.NET Machine Account is created when the [.net] 1.1
is installed onto a Windows XP machine."
"If one works with asp.net development work then he/she
must keep that account, otherwise ASP.net projects will
no longer function correctly." [Oh,my]
It's something most people won't be using.
Paul
Thanks. Is it likely to do any _harm_ if I just ignore it?
J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:[]
In message <oug9he$mki$2@gioia.aioe.org>, Paul
<nospam@needed.invalid> writes:
J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:[]
I have "Administrator", "ASPNET", and "me"; Administrator and me
are in "Administrators" group, and ASPNET is in "Users" group. Any >>>>idea what ASPNET might be?
Thanks. Is it likely to do any _harm_ if I just ignore it?
It's supposed to be a limited account. I suspect it might be used,
if your machine was running Microsoft IIS web server (a Windows Features >option you can turn on in some flavor of WinXP). Then, you'd be
writing some sort of code to communicate with a web browser
on another machine.
The account is probably as dangerous as the Guest account.
By being a separate account, it allows a savvy user to
modify things for that specific account and situation.
And not hijack some other account for that purpose.
Paul
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