Delete the vendor account. Is your machine a factory build (Dell,
eMachine or HP)?
Disable Remote Assistance. It is seen as a security problem anyway. Then
there will be no problem with disabling the help assistant.
As long as it says that the guest account is disabled, you are okay.
Here is a description of the guest account
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300489.
The ASPNET account is used by .NET programs. Some programs are set to
use this account for machine access rights. If you have software that
uses .NET, I advise you to leave it alone. You can remove it by going to
add/remove programs and removing the .NET software.
Dragonfly
basilb4me wrote:
>
> When looking at the User Accounts in "Control Panel - User Accounts"
> there are the expected accounts and an "ASP-NET machine account" that
>; my printer driver installation created. But, if you go to "Control
> Panel - Administrative Tools - Computer Management - Local Users and
> Groups - Users";, there are 2 more: a "vendor's account for the help
>; and support service" and a "help assistant" for "providing remote
> assistance".
> I am getting increasingly annoyed at discovering things "behind the
> scenes" or that things have changed themselves from what I've set.
>; Can anybody tell me why these accounts are hidden from view on the
> User Accounts section? I am led to believe that I've disabled them
>; (see next bit) but can I delete these without things going haywire?
> Also, in the "Computer Management - Users"; section, it says that the
> guest account is disabled, but on the "User Accounts" section it says
>; that it is off. I want it completely disabled, unusable or gone - can
> I delete it, or if not, how do I disable it completely?
> Also does anybody know whether disabling that asp-net machine account
> will cause the printer (or anything else) to go haywire? TIA, Stacey
>
>
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