To turn the guest account on or off
A guest account provides access to the computer for any user who does not have a user account on the computer.
The steps to perform this task differ depending on whether your computer is a member of a network domain or is part of a workgroup (or is a stand-alone computer).
My computer is on a domain
You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group to activate or disable the guest account.
For information about activating or deactivating the guest account using Computer Management, click To disable or activate a user account.
My computer is not on a domain
You must have a computer administrator account on the computer to turn on and turn off the guest account on the computer.
1. | Open User Accounts in Control Panel. | ||||
2. | Click Guest. | ||||
3. | Do one of the following:
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Note
| • | To open User Accounts, click Start, click Control Panel, and then click User Accounts. |
| • | Users who log on to the computer using the guest account do not have access to password-protected files, folders, and settings. |
| • | For more information about user accounts, click Related Topics. |
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