Guest Account

[Trent]

I have a dissabled guest account. Someone was able to log in remotely
through that account. Is there a security hole or setup issue with the
built in guest account, even is it is disabled?

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

You'll have to be more specific. Are you running XP Home or Pro? In XP
Home, all network access authenticates as Guest.

 

[Guest]

The geust account is a security breech as you found out.
Get a third party firewall and shut off remote services
in admin services this link will tell you what each
service is for
http://www.blkviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

 

[Trenter]

You'll have to be more specific. Are you running XP Home or Pro? In XP
Home, all network access authenticates as Guest.

XP PRO, I thought all all network access authenticates as Guest in Pro as
well.

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

No, XP Pro uses the same model as Windows 2000.