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    Weird Registry entry

    I was perusing through the Registry a few minutes ago and happen to notice (what looks like) a suspicious entry. It's under HK_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion....the entry is called FakeDefaultUserProfile. There seems to be nothing on Google about this entry. Does anyone else have this entry in their (Vista) Registry?
    If it's malicious, i want to get rid of it. if it's some kind of a naming joke with the M$ programmers, I'd like to know its function.
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    I have it as well. Vista32HomePremium

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    Thanks....that leads me to suspect it is simply a weird naming convention by Micropuffed. Sounds oddly like a virus or hack dropping.
    Desktop: Intel i7 960 CPU @ 4.0GHz, EVGA Classified 4-Way SLI mobo, 12GB Corsair Dominator-GT 2000 DDR3 RAM, Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB Solid State Drive, Two WD 2TB SATA drives, 2x EVGA GTX 570 Superclocked graphics cards in SLI, Coolermaster HAF X full tower case, OCZ ZX 1250w PSU, Corsair H100 CPU Cooler
    Laptop: MSI GT60-004US, 2x Seagate Momentus XT 750GB SSD Hybrid drives in RAID 0, 16GB DDR3 1600 RAM, GeForce 670M 3GB graphics card, Networks 'Killer' N-1103 WLAN card

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    Hi, only Bistro would find such an obscure entry. No doubt this discovery required hours of selfless effort to allert us to the dangers that lurk within. Microsft must wonder when this mighty crusader for good will relent and release them from his ceaseless gaze. We mere mortals can only hope this crusade for our benefit continues. If the data values are not set then this becomes one of those invalid entries that the Registry ignores, of course this creates a whole new industry for the Reg Cleaners to exploit.

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    Desktop: Intel i7 960 CPU @ 4.0GHz, EVGA Classified 4-Way SLI mobo, 12GB Corsair Dominator-GT 2000 DDR3 RAM, Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB Solid State Drive, Two WD 2TB SATA drives, 2x EVGA GTX 570 Superclocked graphics cards in SLI, Coolermaster HAF X full tower case, OCZ ZX 1250w PSU, Corsair H100 CPU Cooler
    Laptop: MSI GT60-004US, 2x Seagate Momentus XT 750GB SSD Hybrid drives in RAID 0, 16GB DDR3 1600 RAM, GeForce 670M 3GB graphics card, Networks 'Killer' N-1103 WLAN card

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