Does anyone have any idea about this "Other.." user and the
'privilege separation'(including the fact that privileges were
changed in my drives)? Is it just a glitch or is it possible that I
have (had) a visitor? What can I do to stop this happening again? I
have had the 'blue screens' about four times since I bought the
system - and although it doesn't scare me witless anymore, it is
annoying.

Thanks for your time :)

AFAIK, the 'Other...' icon appears if the system thinks you've got a user without any icon associated with it. Clicking on 'Other' will take you to a normal login prompt. It's not actually a user itself, hence why you can't find it.

It's probably just a sign that one of your preferences files has got corrupted, I recently had a similar thing happen.

Paranoia is a wonderful thing.

Have fun,
Shay
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