Hello, I'm the only user on my system so why I have so many users in the registry? Where do they hail from? and more importantly, how do I safely get rid of them? Thanks.
Your computer has different accounts ...... wich you see there ........... and you cant delete all of them ? Control panel /administrative tools / computer management / local users and groups / users
Don't delete those entries manually. Those entries are there by default on every windows install. Note: Always manage users within the settings app or legacy control panel.
There are some special accounts, like "Local System", "Network Service", "Local Service", "Trusted Installer", "Administrator", "Default User". Deleting them could make the system cease to work.
Yes, that makes sense. The only thing bothering me is that I didn't have those entries there on the previous install. Maybe I'll do another fresh install and compare the results?
Thank you for the response Carlos. I won't delete them. I will do another fresh install given the time and compare the results. Many programs I use keep their settings in the registry there which I take back and restore on fresh install, this time I couldn't restore my configurations. When I looked around in the registry I found that my user had changed from the previous install.
And to find your current users full SID: wmic path win32_useraccount where name='%UserName%' get sid also try wmic path win32_useraccount where name='%UserName%'