Re: windows new users?

Yes, don't remove them, if you do you won't be able to log on to the machine. These security principals have been in existence since the latter NT4 days.

SID: S-1-5-11
Name: Authenticated Users
Description: A group that includes all users whose identities were authenticated when they logged on. Membership is controlled by the operating system.

SID: S-1-5-4
Name: Interactive
Description: A group that includes all users that have logged on interactively. Membership is controlled by the operating system.

John

cscw wrote:
hi

After installing windows xp sp2, I found 2 new users appear in the "users" account group. "NT Authority\Authenticated Users(S-1-5-11) and "NT Authority\INTERACTIVE(S-1-5-4).

Are they suppose to be there(or have I encounter some viruses)? What are the purposes?

Thanks for helping.
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