How to clean the Guest account

[Guest]

First please know that I do not use the guest account, it is usually off and
renamed.
The problem that I am encountering is: I have the program CCleaner
installed and I also have a very good Regitry cleaner installed both run
exceptionally well but they detect entries in the Guest account but cannot
clean them. Does anybody Know how to clean these entries. Under CCleaner
there are 152 entries most of which are related to entries left behind during
Microsoft updates and 8 are determined useless by the Reg Cleaner. They have
all been verified useless and I want to clean them out. Can and will someone
HELP!

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

You don't need to clean it. Nor should you use a registry cleaner in WinXP.
If used improperly, you can trash the installation beyond repair, and most
registry cleaners still identify entries for deletion that should not be
deleted. Unless you are very adept at identifying and blocking this, you
will sooner or later remove something you shouldn't.

WinXP does not suffer from registry bloat as did earlier versions of
Windows, there is no need to scan for and remove "dead" entries. Leaving
them where they are does not inhibit performance or cause any conflicts.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Guest]

if you never use it anyway, just delete it in user accounts.

 

[Guest]

First please know that I do not use the guest account, it is usually off and
renamed.
The problem that I am encountering is: I have the program CCleaner
installed and I also have a very good Regitry cleaner installed both run
exceptionally well but they detect entries in the Guest account but cannot
clean them. Does anybody Know how to clean these entries. Under CCleaner
there are 152 entries most of which are related to entries left behind during
Microsoft updates and 8 are determined useless by the Reg Cleaner. They have
all been verified useless and I want to clean them out. Can and will someone
HELP!

 

[Guest]

Actaully Rick is on the right path. I am a sys admin and at times I do clean
a regestry, but of only certain things, and I remove them manually. There is
no such thing as a good regestry cleaner, only ones that may take longer
before they screw your system up. If you are intent on using the reg cleaner
go to run and type in MSCONFIG then enter. On the boot.ini tab check
safeboot then on the radio buttons check the one that says DSREPAIR. While
dsrepair is designed for domain services this option sometimes allow certain
things to be removed that normally could not be in normal mood. Remember
when in DSRepair to go to MSCONFIG and uncheck the safeboot option so that
when restarted it boots normally.
All this said Rick was correct, XP handles the regestry much more efficient
than previous versions and there is no need for the home user to clean it.
Some exceptions apply such as certain virus, worms, adware etc, but even then
should be done manually versus using a reg cleaner.
Also guest acct can only be disabled and not deleted.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the rapid response. I also believe in the less chance of bloat but
with all said I have carefully removed 2054 derilect entries from all users
some of which did activate my antivirus/ antispyware programs eg. BUDDY SPY
2.2, TSPY_cimuz and even ROOTKIT REVEALER.exe. All of which have been
cleaned, other lesser objects were hiding in the Guest account and also
removed. The system no longer takes 18 min. to boot fully! This is why I want
to clean it up, not to remove or delete the Guest account, which would also
be wrong from what I understand. The entries found were left behind mostly by
the Microsoft updates, tagged for deletion and were deleted from all other
users but they just seem to pile up in the Guest account, Why is that?

 

[Guest]

Hello; I have tried the DSREPAIR and it was without any positive outcome the
objects are still unreachable any other suggestions. Again Thankx!

 

[Alias]

You don't need to clean it. Nor should you use a registry cleaner in WinXP.
If used improperly, you can trash the installation beyond repair, and most
registry cleaners still identify entries for deletion that should not be
deleted. Unless you are very adept at identifying and blocking this, you
will sooner or later remove something you shouldn't.

WinXP does not suffer from registry bloat as did earlier versions of
Windows, there is no need to scan for and remove "dead" entries. Leaving
them where they are does not inhibit performance or cause any conflicts.

Complete and utter bullsh*t.

Alias

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

What a well-documented response. Thank you for your input.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Alias]

What a well-documented response. Thank you for your input.

Anytime, all you need to do is ask

Course, had you read my other responses ...

Alias

 

[Steve N.]

if you never use it anyway, just delete it in user accounts.

Not generally a good idea. The Guest account is used for some system
purposes, such as Simple File Sharing. Turn it of, yes, completely
disable or delete it, not recommended.

Steve N.

 

[Steve N.]

Hello; I have tried the DSREPAIR and it was without any positive outcome the
objects are still unreachable any other suggestions. Again Thankx!

DSREPAIR? That is for Novell Directory Services (NDS). What does this
have to do with XP directly? Did I miss something?

Steve N.

 

[Guest]

Thank you Steve N. this original question that I posted was probably answered
most correctly by Beth, but not quite. This is what I done to get the Guest
account clean; under security services panel I went to the Guest account
selected it, renamed it and the program wrote a new account with the new name
and it added the computer name aft of the new name. Then I went and opened
and set up this new account as I saw fit. Then I logged out of it and logged
back into the admin account and deleated all of the old Guest account,
carried out a complete scan and removed all excess debris left over. The end
result is Guest account is now clean and my machine runs like it is intended.
This does not solve the problem from reappearing down the road, at least as
far as I can tell because I did not FIX it I simply made a temporary repair,
But now I know what to look for.
Season`s Greetings