Optical
The only advice I can give since there is no information available for this,
is to contact Dell and see if they can identify the program that created the
user account.
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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience
"optical" <> wrote in message
news:41392A83-CC84-4830-AB0A-...
> only ine account in windows explorer
>
> mine plus one that says public
>
> i think it is a admin account as it says so when i click on the picture on
> start menu
>
> did a local search nothing
>
> nothing in programmes either
>
> as i said my friend has it on his aswell although i must admit when i
> fired
> it up last night it had gone but now has come back !!!!
>
>
> thanks for your help so far
>
>
> "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:
>
>> Optical
>>
>> What type of account is this, Administrator, Standard, or...?
>>
>> Have you looked in Windows Explorer under C:\Users for a folder with that
>> name? The files in that folder may give us a clue as to where this
>> account
>> came from.
>>
>> It really sounds like a program that was installed created this account
>> that
>> is used to update that software?
>>
>> Also check the installed programs list in Control Panel/Programs and
>> Features to see anything associated with the initials PQ or PBS or.....?
>>
>> Doing a search on Google, all I come up with is the message you posted?
>>
>> Let us know what you find so we can document the information.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Ronnie Vernon
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows Desktop Experience
>>
>>
>> "optical" <> wrote in message
>> news:CB4B5356-038F-4252-9EE0-...
>> > Hi there i have a dell with vista home premium and have come across
>> > this
>> > on
>> > mine and a friends dell machine
>> >
>> > i have my user account and another called PQPBSUPDATE i dont know where
>> > this
>> > has come from and my password will not work on it
>> >
>> > did a google search and got linked to some greek site with a lad saying
>> > it
>> > is on his and he could not find a fix for it either
>> >
>> > please help
>>
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