Subj : Re: msconfig To : All From : nospam@needed.invalid Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 19:16:21 Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.o rg!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Paul Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Subject: Re: msconfig Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 00:38:43 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 69 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 05:38:44 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="97aeaa592f71f78b07aa84e71500f94e"; logging-data="21253"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/+w85+mPCoWZgb5O7lQtjQJDjq4Uw9JqM=" User-Agent: Ratcatcher/2.0.0.25 (Windows/20130802) In-Reply-To: Cancel-Lock: sha1:GD06WUkYek6i5mq3CAJW7Wwg+rk= Xref: feeder.eternal-september.org microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:134544 J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: > In message , Paul > writes: >> J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: > [] >>> I have "Administrator", "ASPNET", and "me"; Administrator and me are >>> in "Administrators" group, and ASPNET is in "Users" group. Any idea >>> what ASPNET might be? >> >> https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/555299#!en-us%2Fhelp%2F555299 >> >> "ASP.NET Machine Account is created when the [.net] 1.1 >> is installed onto a Windows XP machine." >> >> "If one works with asp.net development work then he/she >> must keep that account, otherwise ASP.net projects will >> no longer function correctly." [Oh,my] >> >> It's something most people won't be using. >> >> Paul > > Thanks. Is it likely to do any _harm_ if I just ignore it? It's supposed to be a limited account. I suspect it might be used, if your machine was running Microsoft IIS web server (a Windows Features option you can turn on in some flavor of WinXP). Then, you'd be writing some sort of code to communicate with a web browser on another machine. "How To: Use the Network Service Account to Access Resources in ASP.NET" https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff647402.aspx And it doesn't appear to be related to the Framework Assistant that got plunked into Firefox by some .net install. I see ClickOnce related questions with respect to this, and nothing else. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/963707/how-to-remove-the-net-framework -assistant-for-firefox#!en-us%2Fhelp%2F963707%2Fhow-to-remove-the-net-framework -assistant-for-firefox And this gives a hint how asp.net works. It's a server side technology. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21462869/does-client-machine-need-net-insta lled-to-run-asp-net-web-application ".Net framework is required for machines [servers] hosting ASP.Net application. Client only gets HTML/Javascript/CSS, Stuff which client's browser can handle. No server side code is executed on client." That suggests the asp.net account (a limited account) is only useful if you're a web monkey working on the server, and you're trying to get your asp.net server code to write to the Event Log and so on. That's when the code uses that account to access the machine. It suggests, for the "average Facebook user" (content consumer), you could delete that account and never know the difference. Not that I'm about to try. The account is probably as dangerous as the Guest account. By being a separate account, it allows a savvy user to modify things for that specific account and situation. And not hijack some other account for that purpose. Paul --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .