Original title: user accounti was looking through my user profiles and came across a account that said account unknown and has about 5.0mb to it is this something i should delete if possible. i have no idea what this would be. I am the only one with access to this computer

Hi,The unknown user account can be a corrupt user profile. As there is no data in this account, it is safe to delete it from your administrator account.Follow the steps from the link below to delete the user account:http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/lsm_delete_user.mspx?mfr=trueThe above mentioned link applies to Windows XP. If you are using a different operating system then please reply back for further assistance.Regards,Afzal Taher - Microsoft Support.Visit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think.