Re: Mystery User Accounts

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From: Jon (Email_Address_at_SomewhereOrOther.com)
Date: 10/26/04 

Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 10:55:50 +0100

Try typing

net user Testing

and look at its Group Memberships

Administrator, Guest, HelpAssistant and SUPPORT_388945a0 are all standard
accounts with XP.
Google for more info on HelpAssistant and SUPPORT_388945a0.

Jon

"Terry Pinnell" <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote in message
news:mb0sn0dhiftq5itsd0mr5cr956m9jiokt2@4ax.com...
>I raised this a few weeks ago elsewhere, but still have no solution.
>
> On my XP Home PC I am the sole user, and there is no network. Only 3
> User Accounts are shown in Control Panel>User Accounts: Terry, Basic,
> and Guest (which is disabled). But using the net user command in a
> Command Prompt window I get 9.
> Administrator Basic Guest
> HelpAssistant Limited SUPPORT_388945a0
> Terry Testing TP
>
> TP, Limited, and Testing are 3 I remember creating myself while
> experimenting a couple of years ago. For example, the user account
> 'Testing' is shown by the net user command as last logged on 3rd May
> 2002. So why is it not in Control Panel>User Accounts? And why no
> folder for it under Documents & Settings?
>
> I'd like to tidy up, removing these old redundant accounts, but I'm
> apprehensive until I understand the above inconsistencies.
>
> --
> Terry, West Sussex, UK

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