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John Persico
How do you delete a guest account?
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Doug Knox MS-MVP
No need to delete it, just disable it.
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Malke
John said:How do you delete a guest account?
As Doug Knox has told you, you should simply disable the Guest account.
It's a system account and you should just leave it alone. I thought a
bit of explanation might help you.
The Guest account is not for when you are feeling hospitable. It is a
system account that allows someone without a user account to sit down
at the computer and use it. It runs with elevated privileges and is
therefore considered a security hole. Most modern operating systems,
including XP, disable it by default.
If the time ever comes when you want to allow a visiting friend or
relation to use your computer, create a "Visitor" account. In the
meantime, don't worry about the Guest account. It isn't taking up much
room.
Malke
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S.Sengupta
'You can use the User Accounts tool in Control Panel to turn off the
Guest account.'
Do some reading here:-
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=300489
regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]
Guest account.'
Do some reading here:-
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=300489
regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]
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PC_Freak
I do not see any necessary fucntionality for the guest account in a
corporate environment. I would like to delete it and am looking for a
list of registry items that need to chagne to get rid of it or at least
not display it openly on the user accounts page. Any clue on this?
So the question is not deleting it from the system, but maybe for
viewable user space.
corporate environment. I would like to delete it and am looking for a
list of registry items that need to chagne to get rid of it or at least
not display it openly on the user accounts page. Any clue on this?
So the question is not deleting it from the system, but maybe for
viewable user space.
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Malke
PC_Freak said:I do not see any necessary fucntionality for the guest account in a
corporate environment. I would like to delete it and am looking for a
list of registry items that need to chagne to get rid of it or at least
not display it openly on the user accounts page. Any clue on this?
So the question is not deleting it from the system, but maybe for
viewable user space.
The guest account is a system account. Leave it alone but disabled. It isn't
taking up much room. The guest account you see in User Accounts is for when
someone without an account on the local machine needs to use it. They can
log onto the guest account - which usually runs with elevated privileges
and that is why it is normally disabled - do what they have to, and log
off.
I don't know what you mean by "viewable user space". As I said, the disabled
Guest account is taking up very little room on the hard drive. Disabled, it
won't show up on the Welcome Screen, and in a corporate environment you
wouldn't be using the Welcome Screen anyway. Also in a corporate
environment, your users shouldn't be able to get into Control Panel, so
there is nothing for them to see.
Malke