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Mysterious random user account created after power failure.
After a power outage (Computer lost all power as well as the circuit for the room) I restarted my Windows 7 desktop to find a new user account there that I did not create. It has a random name "ohlascdrxvzd".
It does not list in the C:/Users folder, but is listed in the Control Panel: User Accounts - Manage Accounts, and on startup it is listed in the Account selection buttons.
I will delete the account from the control panel and restart the computer... I am not expecting it to go away as I have this exact problem (with a different random named user account) on another PC that lost power instead of shutting down correctly as well.
More after restart...
After the restart the Account no longer lists in the buttons to select User account on startup, but it is still listing in the Control Panel: User Accounts - Manage Accounts.
Arrrrrgh! ^ _ ^
Now I am ready to receive help.
Update info:
It is a "Standard user" permissioned account
I have not logged into the account.
The Guest account is turned off.
Last edited by WaterKiwi; 31 Oct 2013 at 14:20.