Guest Account

[Guest]

Hello
Windows XP
1) I run the command net user Guest /Active:Yes
2) The command completed succesfully
3) In the cmputer Management The User Guest seems activated ("Account is
Disabled" isn't Checked)
4) In the Control Panel's "User Accounts", Guest User is off
Result:
I use NtRights command to grant network logon rights to Guest account but it
doesn't work. So nobody can Logon as Guest from Network...
I need to COMPLETLY activate Guest Account using command line. I don't to do
it through Control Panel.
What sould I do ?
Thank you
Telemachos

 

[Jim Macklin]

Create another account, call it "Guest logon" with limited
permissions. Disable the default Guest account. The
default guest account is not designed for net access.


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message
| Hello
| Windows XP
| 1) I run the command net user Guest /Active:Yes
| 2) The command completed succesfully
| 3) In the cmputer Management The User Guest seems
activated ("Account is
| Disabled" isn't Checked)
| 4) In the Control Panel's "User Accounts", Guest User is
off
| Result:
| I use NtRights command to grant network logon rights to
Guest account but it
| doesn't work. So nobody can Logon as Guest from Network...
| I need to COMPLETLY activate Guest Account using command
line. I don't to do
| it through Control Panel.
| What sould I do ?
| Thank you
| Telemachos

 

[Chuck]

Hello
Windows XP
1) I run the command net user Guest /Active:Yes
2) The command completed succesfully
3) In the cmputer Management The User Guest seems activated ("Account is
Disabled" isn't Checked)
4) In the Control Panel's "User Accounts", Guest User is off
Result:
I use NtRights command to grant network logon rights to Guest account but it
doesn't work. So nobody can Logon as Guest from Network...
I need to COMPLETLY activate Guest Account using command line. I don't to do
it through Control Panel.
What sould I do ?
Thank you
Telemachos

Telemachos,

There are a couple more settings that you should check. See my troubleshooting
guide:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Help>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Help

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Hello
Windows XP
1) I run the command net user Guest /Active:Yes
2) The command completed succesfully
3) In the cmputer Management The User Guest seems activated ("Account is
Disabled" isn't Checked)
4) In the Control Panel's "User Accounts", Guest User is off
Result:
I use NtRights command to grant network logon rights to Guest account but it
doesn't work. So nobody can Logon as Guest from Network...
I need to COMPLETLY activate Guest Account using command line. I don't to do
it through Control Panel.
What sould I do ?
Thank you
Telemachos

Make sure that both of these are true, because "deny" overrides
"allow":

1. The Guest account is allowed the right to log in over the network.

ntrights +r SeNetworkLogonRight -u Guest

2. The Guest account isn't denied the right to log in over the
network.

ntrights -r SeDenyNetworkLogonRight -u Guest

Both commands are case-sensitive, so type (or copy/paste) them exactly
as shown.

The entry for Guest in Control Panel "User Accounts" has nothing to do
with networking. It determines whether someone can log on as Guest at
the local keyboard.
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[Jim]

Make sure that both of these are true, because "deny" overrides
"allow":

1. The Guest account is allowed the right to log in over the network.

ntrights +r SeNetworkLogonRight -u Guest

Sorry to say, but my Windows XP machine can't find ntrights. Help & Support
discusses this program on NT versions prior to XP.
Has another program replaced ntrights on XP?
Jim

 

[Chuck]

Sorry to say, but my Windows XP machine can't find ntrights. Help & Support
discusses this program on NT versions prior to XP.
Has another program replaced ntrights on XP?
Jim

Jim,

NTRights is available, as a standalone component, from Dynawell, or as a
component in the Windows 2003 Server Resource Kit Tools. See:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/07/use-ntrights-to-grant-specific.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/07/use-ntrights-to-grant-specific.html

 

[Jim]

Jim,

NTRights is available, as a standalone component, from Dynawell, or as a
component in the Windows 2003 Server Resource Kit Tools. See:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/07/use-ntrights-to-grant-specific.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/07/use-ntrights-to-grant-specific.html

I see. I downloaded the zip file. Perhaps I'll install it tomorrow or
Friday. I never do any serious work after supper because I have had enough
practice reworking things I did at night.
Jim