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**John Corliss** · August 12th 08, 12:29 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

David H. Lipman wrote:
From: "John Corliss"

| David H. Lipman wrote:
John Corliss wrote:

Thanks for the info. However, can you lead me to where I can find more
specific information about them? For instance, are they entirely
necessary to have on my system? I have a single-account, non-LANed
computer hooked up to the internet with a CAT-5 cable modem.

FWICS, I don't even need the folder and there's not even the remotest
chance that I ever will, since I loath wireless and don't allow anybody
to touch my computer.

I would definitely appreciate more information about the files in that
folder.

They are neccessary and that's why the exist.

| Sorry, but that's not much of an answer. And I'm not altogether sure
| that they ARE necessary. I deleted the folder and have suffered no ill
| effects at all. I just don't like having a bunch of undefined stuff on
| my computer that does nothing for *me*.

The data set is small so removal is not needed.

| I prefer to remove it regardless, and have done so.

This data structure is carried onto Vista and the following TechNet forum thread is
some
indication of it requirement.

http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...D=17&PageID=4&
PostID=1773949

| Thanks but as I said, David, I loath wireless and will never have it.
| However, I don't have an account with MS Technet, so I can't view the
| thread anyway. And even further, I don't have (and never *will* have)
| Vista, or else I wouldn't be posting in this XP newsgroup.

| Thanks anyway for replying though.

John, it is your computer you can do with it as you like. However, what you did is
contraindicated and you may not have ileffects now but, you may later.

Some of the schemas deal with the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) and the
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) .

Rule of thumb...

NEVER delete OS constructs of which you don't understand what they are.

I have them well backed up. However, so far no problems.

--
John Corliss