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Thread ID: 83988 2007-10-20 14:46:00 Windows Users: Delete ASP.NET Account SurferJoe46 (51) Press F1
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603386 2007-10-20 14:46:00 Found ASP . NET account as one of my "users" last night . . . must've crept in with an update from M$ . . . and I was just looking around trying to find why my start-up was taking a little longer than usual .

Well, I went to Control Panel>>User Accounts and saw that I had an entry called ASP . NET there .

Click on the ICON and then it'll give you some options . . . just use the DELETE THIS ACCOUNT . . . . and you'll see some differences in the way XP opens . . . . maybe even 2000Pro too . (I dunnow)

ASP . NET is reserved for code-writers, people who are creating dynamic websites, web applications and/or XML Web Services .

If you're not doing things like that, you don't need it .

While you're there, if you don't need the GUEST ACCOUNT, dump it too . . . its not removable, just toggle it OFF .

An electron saved is a good thing! Electrons are your friends .
SurferJoe46 (51)
603387 2007-10-20 19:40:00 SJ I did Not find it in Control Panel>>User Accounts

But it did show up on my PC in Control Panel>>Administrative Tools>>Computer Management>>Local Users and Groups>>Users
As did another one I did not know was there called SUPPORT_388945a0 which i also shut down.

Thanks
Bantu (52)
603388 2007-10-20 21:07:00 I gets installed as part of the .NET installation and has been there for yonks. Simply remove it if you don't want it or disable it. Big John (551)
603389 2007-10-21 01:33:00 See...YOU know it and a lot of others do too..but it is kinda new to SOME people...

I never knew it was a hog and slowed the boot time...but I just learned that right before I published this revelation.
SurferJoe46 (51)
603390 2007-10-21 20:21:00 See...YOU know it and a lot of others do too..but it is kinda new to SOME people...

I never knew it was a hog and slowed the boot time...but I just learned that right before I published this revelation.

Should not be a hog or slow boot time as it is simpy another user. Vista has even more and they are hidden and you can't even see them. One is Trusted Installer and removing files from this user is a mean job.
Big John (551)
603391 2007-10-21 22:07:00 Hey Joe, I can't find it anywhere on my PC WinXP SP2. lakewoodlady (103)
603392 2007-10-21 22:24:00 it installs with dotnet framework 1.1 I think. either that or 2.0
if you don't have them installed, you won't have the user.

I deleted the user because it was preventing auto-logon & I think deleting the user is a better solution than forcing auto-logon.
Greven (91)
603393 2007-10-21 23:06:00 I agree....it lets you log on without choosing a user...but it itself does never show on the sign-on page.

That alone is a good thing..get rid of those spook operators/users.
SurferJoe46 (51)
603394 2007-10-21 23:24:00 It does install with .NET Framework 1.1 - I have always deleted it straight away.

I could still do ASP development fine without it fine as well.
mmogold (12947)
603395 2007-10-22 00:24:00 I've got .NET 1.1 and 2.0 or atleast 2.0 and I don't have it and everything is still AOK. beeswax34 (63)
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