Accounts

[Guest Phisherman]

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 \(MVP\)]

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]

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.