From: "Geo." 

Isn't there already a user account called "probe" that is built
into sql server and used for replication across the network? I don't know
if the backup procedure would work for that but it might.

Geo.

"Ellen K."  wrote in message
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> One of my SQL Server boxes has a fake user with the same name as the
> box.  The fake user is the one the SQL Server service runs under.
> That's so I can back it up to another machine, if you run it under the
> local user you can't go anywhere on the network.   I would have rather
> had a different name for the fake user, but at that time it wasn't my
> decision.   I'm creating separate (not the same as the box) names for my
> two new ones.
>
> On Fri, 7 May 2004 20:56:58 -0400, "Geo."
 wrote in
> message :
>
> >the user account that matches a machine name could be a local account on
one
> >of the two machines.
> >
> >Geo.
> >
> >"Chris Robinson" 
wrote in message
> >news:409b3810$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> >> Geo. wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> I checked in User manager and this isn't the case - no users or groups
> >> with the same name as the server?
> >>
> >> I think I'm going to try removing it from the domain, then deleting the
> >> computer account, then re-adding it again.
> >>
> >> Chris.
> >
>

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