RE: Unwanted System Administrator account
From: Head Hunter (HeadHunter_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/19/04
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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 13:07:01 -0700
Do you also show an account called "Administrator"? If not, the account you
are seeing is probably the SID code for the Administrator account. Whenever
you create an account in WinXP, it assigns a security code to the account.
That is how it keeps track of the security access you have, encryption keys,
etc without it being in plain text. It is possible you are seeing the ID
code for the Admin account itself.
Remember, you won't see the Administrator account on startup unless you have
NO OTHER ACCOUNTS on the PC, unless you start in Safe Mode. So, just
because you don't see the Administrator account on startup, doesn't mean you
don't have one.
"G Keeler" wrote:
> Today I ran Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and discovered a system
> administrator on my computer that I know nothing about. The user name is a
> long string of digits, letters and dashes. How can I remove this
> administrator account from my computer???
> Thx
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