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
    2023-09-27T10:37:28+00:00

    While it has good information, the only problem with that article (ICYMI... dated 02/23/2023!!!) is that it applies to "Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 10 - all editions" without any mention of Windows 11... hunh?!?!?

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-08-13T14:04:42+00:00

    Hi Imran,

    I am Dave, I will help you with this.

    Windows creates hidden security accounts in the background of the operating system, they all begin with S-1-15-XXXX, all Windows systems have those accounts, they are used for administrative tasks like Windows Security, installing updates, file management...etc. those accounts are normal and rest assured you have nothing to worry about, you should never try to remove those hidden accounts.

    hello，I found an error while using git, related to this unknown account

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-08-07T23:08:05+00:00

    It's actually WDAGUtilityAccount

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-06-20T10:49:03+00:00

    Stop thinking it's an exploit. It's not! It's Microsoft not fixing their mistakes!

    Have you submitted an issue on Feedback Hub?

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-06-19T23:14:39+00:00

    Stop thinking it's an exploit. It's not! It's Microsoft not fixing their mistakes!

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