Just checked, one of the automatically present accounts on the Windows 8.1 machine I have access to is: "HomeGroupUser$" It seems to be mostly undocumented "f

Just checked, one of the automatically present accounts on the Windows 8.1 machine I have access to is: "HomeGroupUser$" It seems to be mostly undocumented "feature," searching for something "official" I've just found this "errata": https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/981068 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/981068 "Creating or joining a HomeGroup creates the HomeGroupUser$ account and the HomeUsers group, and adds all local accounts to the group." People have real problems with it: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-security/windows-10-start-up-user-account/e754a513-c303-44b2-b489-3f4436a5a2d8 http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-...