Purpose of NT AUTHORITY

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What is the purpose of the NT AUTHORITY\ Authenticated Users and the NT 
AUTHORITY\Interactive user accounts on my workstations?

I have a Windows 2003 domain with all XP and 2000, no NT. Can I delete these 
users on my workstations? Are they needed for anything or is just backwards 
compatibility? 


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