Hi all,

I've just installed Windows XP Professional on my laptop. At the command prompt, if I type in the NET USERS command XP reports the existance of two accounts that are not of my making. They are "HelpAssistant" and "SUPPORT_388945a0". I guess that they are service accounts created by Windows for automatic update and the like, although they seem to be undocumented. Also, the "User Accounts" applet in control panel does not report these accounts. Does anyone actually know what these accounts do? Are can they be exploited in any way?

Regards,

Alan Mott