microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin

"ju.c" wrote in message
news:O8c0Zx7lIHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> From: http://www.petri.co.il/disable_the_guest_account_in_windows_xp.htm
>
> If you turn off the Guest Account you don't turn really turn off
> the Guest Account at all. All you did is to turn off is the "Guest
> Account" icon on the Welcome screen. That's all. So people who
> walk up to the computer in question can't click Guest Account
> and immediately start using the computer. Even if you've
> followed the instructions and turned off the Guest Account,
> people who connect to the computer over the peer-to-peer
> network are still authenticated as Guests.
Does the OP have a network or is it a standalone computer? He did not
mention having a network.
Thanks for the link, it was interesting.
I have the Guest account disabled on a standalone computer with dialup
connection.

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Allan