When you installed updates or new software on your computer, you installed the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1, which contains a common runtime application that may be required by applications you’re running. During this installation, an account named ASP.NET is created. If your computer previously displayed your desktop immediately after starting, you may notice a ‘Welcome’ screen when you start the computer with your existing user account and the ASP.NET account. This happened because there are now two accounts on your computer.

The account does not allow remote or interactive login and only has "guest" level permissions. Therefore, it cannot be used by another individual or by Microsoft to log in to your machine.

If you’re just using your computer for personal use (i.e. if you’re not a software developer who needs develop and test software with Internet Information Services (IIS)) you can safely remove this account in one of the following ways:

1) Delete the account, leaving the .NET Framework installed:
• Launch the Computer Management tool within your Administrative Tools folder (under Control Panel)
• Select the Local Users and Groups node
• Click the Users sub node, highlighting the ASPNET account
• Right click the highlighted account and choose delete

2) Uninstall the .NET Framework (note: this will cause applications using .NET Framework to stop working):
• Open the Control Panel
• Open Add/Remove Programs
• Select Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1
• Click Change/Remove

Either of these approaches will completely remove the account from your system.

More information about this problem is available on Microsoft’s website at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;827072

I'm having a similar problem as describe in your section regarding the asp.net account appearing in my "welcome" screen. My particular problem is that in the welcome screen, it request that I enter a password to access my own account.  I have never set any password prior to this problem.  Windows will not launch if I am not able to provide the right password.  I have no idea what the password is.  Please help.  Thanks. 

 

Trung Lam

email: t4clam@hotmail.com

12/16/05

t4clam wrote:

Windows will not launch if I am not able to provide the right password.  I have no idea what the password is.

Have you tried simply leaving the password empty?

If its a form, and you have to type user/password Try using the administrator account. :)

With the direction listed above; In the "computer managment tool" I do not have a "local user and group node". 

Can I just delete the accont from the 'manage user account" without interferring with the applications?  When I select delete account, I'm asked "do you want to delete all folders".   

Thanks

Thanks for the reply. It was quite usefull for me also.

 

 

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 SAME HERE - I CAN'T MAKE ANYONE UNDERSTAND THAT WITHOUT THE PASSWORD YOU CAN NOT DO ANYTHING. DELL WANTED ME TO GET A BACKUP DRIVE SO I COULD SAVE FILES AND PROGRAMS AND THEN REINSTALL SYSTEM - ALL WOULD BE FINE.   NOT SO AS I HAVE EXPLAINED IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE ADMIN. LEVEL - NO CHANGES.I TRIED TO INSTALL MY BACKUP DRIVE INFO AND OF COURSE CAN NOT BE DONE. I WILL POST FURTHER IF I GET THIS SOLVE. AKA 

 THANKS FOR THE INFO- HAVE HAD ONOTHER REPLY SIMILAR TO THIS. BUT MY ACTUAL PROBLEM TRYING TO GET RID OF THE PASSWORD REQUIREMENT OR DELETING THE ACCOUNT.   I HAVE YET TO HAVE THIS SOLVED FOR ME. PLEASE HELP. AKA

 You can delete the ASP .Net account. It's not needed unless you are doing active .Net development.

Alternatively, you can install Microsoft's TweakUI and use it's Logon utility to specify what userid (and password) you want logged on automatically when XP boots.

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Well, simply disable the account is enough to ensure you don't need to reinstall .NET framework again when you want to do some ASP.NET development. ASPNET account is only used by aspnet_wp.exe in IIS 5 (or IIS 5 compatible mode for IIS 6). If you use IIS 6 and above where worker process name is w3wp.exe, you can disable ASPNET even if you do ASP.NET development.

Hi, did you ever sort this out? I am having the same problem!!

Yes it is easily solved, it's the way the NET Framework 1.1 and the service pack was downloaded and installed, don't delete the account, simple solution:

Re-download the NET Framework service pack 1.1 again from microsoft, click run, it will say you have it installed already, do you wish to re-install it it, click yes.

After a few seconds it's done, re-check your user accounts and the ASP.NET user account will no longer be there.

 This account is used by default by the asp.net engine to run the website on your local computer.

Some pretty handy solutions above for this. Is there an asp.net manual as there is with php?

The TweakUI option sorted it for me thanks  :)