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joebarby

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3. November 2006 @ 10:44

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This happenned to me once before and I just deleted the unknown user account... Now it's back again and I'm curious as to how this keeps happening.

I like it set so that there are no usre accounts installed so when I boot-up I just go directly to Windows without needing to pause and/or log-in with a password. But twice now and without my consent, a new user has been added to my pc that causes a pause at boot-up asking who is logging on. There's myself of corse, the administrator with no required password, and now a new account named "ASP.NET MACHINE A...'s" (without the quotes).. Is this perhapes a virus, spyware or mallware or the like; or is it some Microsoft sub-routine or newly installed software maybe an update doing it's (hopefullu harmless) job? and if it is supposed to be there, What the heck is it; and what is it doing? I will delete it but first I want to be sure it will not disable some other useful or important software or system...

any body here ever seen this before?

Joe

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bkf

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3. November 2006 @ 10:59

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I think you need a newer version of asp.net That don't load automatically

That would bug me also

http://www.mvps.org/marksxp/WindowsXP/aspdot.php

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joebarby

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5. November 2006 @ 07:05

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I researched it on the MS website and discovered that it was tge Net Framework I had to download and install to get some file-sharing software (UseNeXT.com) to work.

I'm afraid that if I delete the account, the software it's connected with will won;t work. I just hope it doesn't allow spying or hacking on my pc>

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joebarby

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5. November 2006 @ 07:05

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I researched it on the MS website and discovered that it was the "MS Net Framework" I had to download and install to get some file-sharing software (UseNeXT.com) to work.

I'm afraid that if I delete the account, the software it's connected with will won;t work. I just hope it doesn't allow spying or hacking on my pc>

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magus7091

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6. November 2006 @ 07:36

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I'm on a single user pc and when I installed .net it added that user account therefore making auto login not work, so I uninstalled it and all my applications still work. I'm not sure what exactly the user account is for but I know that deleting it hasn't made any .net apps to not work for me so I'd just say kill it.

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