I was poking around my performance settings tabs and clicked on one that showed users. It has the single account that was set up (as Admin) and a Default user account.
I am curious to know why it is there. Does it serve some purpose?
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A default profile, as it suggests, is the profile that a new account created on that computer defaults to - which means whatever is on the Desktop, Pictures, etc. folder will be transferred over to all new accounts on that computer. You can also use the answer to this post to customize default profiles.
It is hidden by default, but this profile resides in C:\Users\Default - if you enable the showing of hidden files/folders you are able to modify what a new account contains by default.
New profiles are created (when a new user account is created, for example) by copying the Default Profile to the new one.
This default profile also can be modified to match your preferences for new users.
