Guest Account

[Guest]

I want to turn on the guest account by using windows registry.
Does anyone know which registry key controls that?

 

[Malke]

I want to turn on the guest account by using windows registry.
Does anyone know which registry key controls that?

You enable the Guest *account* in the User Accounts applet in Control
Panel. To enable guest networking, you don't need to use the registry.
Do:

net user guest /active:yes (enable)
net user guest /active:no (disable)

Malke

 

[Guest]

Thanks
but I know how to turn on the guest account in Control Panel.
I need to know if I can do this using registry key.

 

[OShah]

Thanks
but I know how to turn on the guest account in Control Panel.
I need to know if I can do this using registry key.

"Net.exe" is the only supported way of enabling the guest account.

The user control panel internally executes this program to disable the
guest account.




Having said that, the registry key (WinNT4.0/2k/XP only) you are looking
for is:

[HKLM\SAM\SAM\Domains\Account\Users\000001f5]
"F"
"V"

By changing this binary value from one number to another, you can alter
the state of the guest account (both "F" and "V" need changing).

CAUTION: if you edit this value incorrectly, you will no longer be able to
login.

Is there a reason why you need to use the registry, rather than a batch
file?


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oshah [shexec32]
Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Error Reporting -> Choose Programs
-> Do not report errors for these programs:

Acrobat.exe
waol.exe

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