Guest Phisherman Posted August 9, 2008 Posted August 9, 2008 At the DOS prompt Microsoft® Windows DOS ©Copyright Microsoft Corp 1990-2001. C:\DOCUME~1\GARY~1.EBO>net user User accounts for \\EBONY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Administrator ASPNET Gary Guest HelpAssistant Ray SUPPORT_388945a0 The command completed successfully. At the time I installed WindowsXP Home, I created Gary, Guest and Ray. But, my question is about the accounts ASPNET, HelpAssistant and SUPPORT_388945a0. What are the purpose of these accounts and are they needed? Are any of these for remote access? Can any or all be safely deleted? (I have a home Ethernet LAN, connected to a Vista PC, Mac, and Linux box if that makes any difference.) If I do a clean install will these accounts be there?
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted August 9, 2008 Posted August 9, 2008 Re: Accounts "Phisherman" <noone@nobody.com> wrote in message news:jj0r94dpcroegre7cd7pnrcdnkogrho73t@4ax.com... > At the DOS prompt > > Microsoft® Windows DOS > ©Copyright Microsoft Corp 1990-2001. > > C:\DOCUME~1\GARY~1.EBO>net user > > User accounts for \\EBONY > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Administrator ASPNET Gary > Guest HelpAssistant Ray > SUPPORT_388945a0 > The command completed successfully. > > At the time I installed WindowsXP Home, I created Gary, Guest and Ray. > But, my question is about the accounts ASPNET, HelpAssistant and > SUPPORT_388945a0. What are the purpose of these accounts and are they > needed? Are any of these for remote access? Can any or all be safely > deleted? (I have a home Ethernet LAN, connected to a Vista PC, Mac, > and Linux box if that makes any difference.) If I do a clean > install will these accounts be there? Leave these accounts - they are system accounts that are created automatically at install time. When you open a Command Prompt, use cmd.exe, not command.com. Command.com is a legacy command processor that goes back to this old operating system called DOS, introduced some thirty years ago. When you use it you deprive yourself of a lot of functionality.
Guest Phisherman Posted August 9, 2008 Posted August 9, 2008 Re: Accounts On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 14:06:57 +0200, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote: > >"Phisherman" <noone@nobody.com> wrote in message >news:jj0r94dpcroegre7cd7pnrcdnkogrho73t@4ax.com... >> At the DOS prompt >> >> Microsoft® Windows DOS >> ©Copyright Microsoft Corp 1990-2001. >> >> C:\DOCUME~1\GARY~1.EBO>net user >> >> User accounts for \\EBONY >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Administrator ASPNET Gary >> Guest HelpAssistant Ray >> SUPPORT_388945a0 >> The command completed successfully. >> >> At the time I installed WindowsXP Home, I created Gary, Guest and Ray. >> But, my question is about the accounts ASPNET, HelpAssistant and >> SUPPORT_388945a0. What are the purpose of these accounts and are they >> needed? Are any of these for remote access? Can any or all be safely >> deleted? (I have a home Ethernet LAN, connected to a Vista PC, Mac, >> and Linux box if that makes any difference.) If I do a clean >> install will these accounts be there? > >Leave these accounts - they are system accounts that are created >automatically at install time. > >When you open a Command Prompt, use cmd.exe, not command.com. >Command.com is a legacy command processor that goes back to >this old operating system called DOS, introduced some thirty years >ago. When you use it you deprive yourself of a lot of functionality. > Thanks. And I didn't realize there was a difference between cmd and command.
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