Account Unknown(S-1-15-3-65536-1888954469-739942743-1668119174-2468466756-4239452838-1296943325-355587736-700089176)

Anonymous
2022-10-31T10:36:40+00:00

So recently I updated Windows 11 to its latest 22H2 Version. I noticed that in the properties section of my C Drive, also in the security tab there is a user named "Account Unknown(S-1-15-3-65536-1888954469-739942743-1668119174-2468466756-4239452838-1296943325-355587736-700089176)

Now, my question is, is this user is associated with current version of windows? Because if I want to delete it, warning dialog occurs. And if this is any other problem, then how can I solve this?

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Windows update

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-04-03T21:40:40+00:00

    is this used to invade privacy of the user? Can you give us specific examples of what these types of users. Is it a backdoor for data retainment? I was happy with this until I saw that.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-04-05T19:10:48+00:00

    This is absolutely ticking me off! It's DCOM errors (DistributedCOM errors) that is causing this! Microsoft hasn't fixed this since Windows 10! Every time I restart or update my computer, the unknown user shows up! I read a tutorial on how to fix this issue, but for some reason I get access denied changing the permissions, so it's impossible!

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_11-wintop_update/please-microsoft-fix-the-decom-errors/af3b8662-f20f-480a-8a95-d1132c19ed43

    Also I delete the unknown user and it's not like my system goes crazy. So technically it's just a Microsoft problem. Fix your errors Microsoft! Do everyone a favor Microsoft, test your updates before releasing them!

    You should also notice some LSA warnings from event viewer too! 22h2 has some problems and Microsoft likes to force updates on our computers without consent! I'm going to try this simple fix to see if it alleviates the LSA problem.

    https://youtu.be/RbsIGbwqA00

    Though fixing DCOM errors is simply Microsoft's problem!

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-04-17T17:01:03+00:00

    I also verified the same account on my PC, right after installing windows 11 I installed Armory Crate which is an ASUS application. That's why I didn't worry much about it...

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-05-03T17:42:02+00:00

    hi dave

    why microsoft named it like that,"unknown account" , not something friendly name like "windows background program" or some thing like that,it kind a suspicious for me :V, but thnks god i got the answer before i reset my windows back

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  5. Ramesh 181.6K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2023-05-03T17:44:17+00:00

    Here's some additional info on this subject.

    Some SIDs do not resolve into friendly names | Microsoft Learn
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/windows-security/sids-not-resolve-into-friendly-names

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