TrustedInstaller

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After thorough files cleanup and reg/disk defrag and deleting all but one(latest)SR, I was baffled to notice I lost 8 GB's of free space(instead of gaining). In search of the missing free space, I ran across a user never seen before: TrustedInstaller. It owns everything. Totally. It owns me.

What the heck is it? How did it get in my Vista system?
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    pavilion dv7-1170us
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP
    Screen Resolution
    1440 x 900
    Hard Drives
    1 298.09 fujitsu G2 ATA Device
    Keyboard
    IBM enhanced 102-key
    Mouse
    Synaptics PS/2 Port TouchPad

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
This is my 5th year with this Vista Home Premium and I never saw this user TrustedInstaller ...until just today. And it seems it's the boss. I mean it owns just about every file I know I used to own...and tweak. Granted, I got into trouble a few times before for over-tweaking...but what happened? I can hardly tweak anything anymore. Whose idea is this?

Does this have anything to do with the missing 8GB's of free space?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    pavilion dv7-1170us
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP
    Screen Resolution
    1440 x 900
    Hard Drives
    1 298.09 fujitsu G2 ATA Device
    Keyboard
    IBM enhanced 102-key
    Mouse
    Synaptics PS/2 Port TouchPad
Everyone with Vista has the trustedinstaller. The 8 GB is most likely restore points.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
"After thorough files cleanup and reg/disk defrag and deleting all but one(latest)SR, I was baffled to notice I lost 8 GB's of free space(instead of gaining).....'

I am down to one(latest) SR...it usually is around 1 GB.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    pavilion dv7-1170us
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP
    Screen Resolution
    1440 x 900
    Hard Drives
    1 298.09 fujitsu G2 ATA Device
    Keyboard
    IBM enhanced 102-key
    Mouse
    Synaptics PS/2 Port TouchPad
Download Windirstat and it will show everything on the drive, its free
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
The TrustedInstaller account was first introduced in Vista and is also in Windows 7 and Windows 8. It is a part of the Windows Resource Protection system designed to protect critical system files from unauthorized modification. This has been a problem of long standing in Windows systems. The critical system files are owned by the TrustedInstaller account and by default is the only account that can modify them. This goes a long way in protecting these files. There is a procedure that administrators can follow to manage these files if necessary. But you had better know what you are doing.
 

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