guest account has no netework access

[John Collins]

Using XP Home, guest account enabled, no password. The wireless network
connection does not show up in network connections. How do I let guests use
the wireless network to access the internet? The wireless network
connections work fine for other users.

 

[Guest]

Hi there Joan,

Try going here and walktrhough running this command under an administrator
account and see what happens.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308007#EFABAAA

Hope this helps!

Best Regards,

~Will

 

[Gordon]

Using XP Home, guest account enabled, no password. The wireless
network connection does not show up in network connections. How do I
let guests use the wireless network to access the internet? The
wireless network connections work fine for other users.

Don't use the guest account - according to MS Baseline Security advisor it's
a security risk and should be disabled.
Set up a new limited user account and call it "Visitor" or something like
that for your casual users.

HTH

 

[John F. Collins]

Thanks, I will try that next time I am home.

Hi there Joan,

Try going here and walktrhough running this command under an administrator
account and see what happens.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308007#EFABAAA

Hope this helps!

Best Regards,

~Will

 

[John Collins]

Gordon,

There is no security to risk on this computer. If guest isn't supposed to
work, then fine. If it is supposed to work, then I would prefer it to.
Ease of access and lack of security is the point. If I wanted security, I'd
be using XP Pro and handing out individual accounts.

Do you know why the guest account has no access to the network connection
seen by other users?

John

 

[John Collins]

William,

Below is the display received after entering: net user guest

As you can see, the account is active, but it does have a connection to the
internet.

Do you know why?

John

============================================================

User name Guest
Full Name
Comment Built-in account for guest access to the
computer/domain
User's comment
Country code 000 (System Default)
Account active Yes
Account expires Never

Password last set 4/29/2006 8:35 PM
Password expires Never
Password changeable 4/29/2006 8:35 PM
Password required No
User may change password No

Workstations allowed All
Logon script
User profile
Home directory
Last logon 4/25/2006 9:33 PM

Logon hours allowed All

Local Group Memberships *Guests
Global Group memberships *None
The command completed successfully.

 

[Gordon]

Gordon,

There is no security to risk on this computer.

yes there is. Download and run the Microsoft baseline Security Advisor and
it will tell you that the Guest account IS a security risk.

have a look here:
http://security.utexas.edu/personal/windows/disable_guest.html
http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/170000329

 

[Guest]

Hi there John,

Sorry for the long wait...weekends and all that.

Try this:

Log in as the Guest Account.
Go to Start>Run and type in "runas /noprofile /user:mymachine\administrator
ncpa.cpl" No quotes. (mymachine is the name of your computer and
administrator is the name of your administrator account.)
Create an Internet Connection.
Verify that you can get to the internet.
Reboot the machine.
Log in as Guest again.
Verify that you have internet connectivity.

Let me know how it goes. I'm kinda shooting from the hip here since I don't
have a copy of Windows Home handy and I've GPO'd my machines.

Best Regards,

~Will