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Bill Burris

Why is there a user account called ASPNET on all my Win 2000 Prof systems?

This account seems to appear after installing .NET. I need .NET for my
Windows Forms application, but I am not using ASP .NET.

Bill
 
The ASPNET user account is what would be used if you were to develop an
ASP.NET application. (The application would run under this user account
with the limited security privileges that go along with it.)
If you're sure you will never develop an ASP.NET application then you could
delete it I suppose.
 
Hi Bill,

Firstly I want to thank Steve for his great help in this issue. Please
check his response carefully.

In addition, I believe that the following articles are useful to this issue.

INFO: Visual Studio .NET Readme (Part 2)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316250
"...
In a default installation on Windows 2000 and Windows XP-based computers,
ASP.NET runs Web application code in a worker process. The identity of this
process defaults to an unprivileged local account called the ASPNET
account.
..."

INFO: Implementing Impersonation in an ASP.NET Application
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;306158
"...By default, the Aspnet_wp.exe process runs under a computer account
named ASPNET..."

I hope it helps.

Best regards,

Jacob Yang
Microsoft Online Partner Support
Get Secure! ¨C www.microsoft.com/security
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